Iran Press/ Iran news: The ceremony was held in the presence of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance, Ehsan Khandouzi, on Dec. 26, 2022.
Speaking to the reporters on the sidelines of the joint meeting between the Financial Information Center of the Ministry of Economy, the Judiciary, the Police, the intelligent ministry, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Intelligence Organization (IRGC-IO), said the goal of the Supreme Council of Combating and Preventing Money laundering is to minimize economic violations, including drug trafficking, tax evasion, etc.
"The memorandum signed today between the Financial Information Center of the Ministry of Economy, the Judiciary, the Police, the intelligence ministry, and IRGC-IO is intended to use all capacities to quickly identify and deal with a small number of financial currents that have a large impact on economic fluctuations by financing smuggling," the minister noted.
The Minister of Economy continued: "Also, the Financial Information Center has concluded a good agreement with neighboring countries, especially Eurasian countries, and we hope that the actions taken in the last 16 months will show their results in the next month in preventing financial crimes in Iran."
Ehsan Khandouzi told Iran Press that the new efforts against terrorism and money laundering are aimed at minimizing the possibility of economic corruption, including the fight against smuggling goods, Foreign exchange, and drugs, as well as large tax evasions and financial flows turmoiling the market.
Khandouzi said the MoU signed today between the Ministry of Economy, the Police Economic Security Department, the Judiciary, the Ministry of Information, and the IRGC Intelligence seeks to identify the elements that led to financial turmoil and those who generate the elements so that they could be confronted in time.
Also, Tehran's Prosecutor General Ali Alghasi-Mehr said that the trilateral agreement inked today indicates Iran's seriousness in combating money laundering.
Iran’s anti-money laundering (AML) law (2008) and bylaw (2010) criminalized money laundering, established a ministerial coordination council and Financial Intelligence Unit, and instituted preventive measures for financial institutions and certain nonfinancial businesses and professions.
Iran also adopted a law on combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) in 2016.
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