IRAN Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance at the meeting with the representatives from EU and MDG asked for Announcing IRAN efforts in the field of Anti Money Laundering to IMF (International Monetary Fund).

Dr. Seyyed Shamseddin Hoseini described the achievements of Islamic Republic of IRAN (IRI) in the field of Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the financing of terrorism (CFT), at the meeting of ambassadors of MDG in Tehran, and asked them to announce the IRAN efforts in the field of AML/CFT to the IMF. While he was offering this request, declared: IRAN is ready to cooperate with all countries in the world on the basis of AML/CFT.

Representative of UNODC among European countries’ ambassadors in Tehran declared:

I confess that Iran has taken good steps in AML over the recent past three years.

Antonio Deleo, the UNODC representative in Tehran appreciation of Iranian authorities for their measures in AML and combating the financing of terrorism said: Iranian authorities and agencies have done many efforts in this area and ministry of Economic affairs and Finance, Interior Ministry, Ministry of justice, Ministry of Foreign affairs, Ministry of intelligence, and Central Bank of Islamic republic of Iran have done remarkable measures in AML.

He added: cooperation with Islamic Republic of Iran on AML and combating the financing of terrorism causes pride and honor for us and I should confess that Iran has taken good steps in AML over the recent past three years and UNODC is satisfied with these measures.

The first congress of Anti-Drugs and Money laundering was held by partnership of Ministry of economic affairs and finance, Intelligence ministry, Anti-Drugs police, Iran law enforcement and public prosecutor at the basement of Iran law enforcement on May31, 2010.

This congress was disposed by presence of the Iranian representatives of Iran law enforcement, Banks, Financial Institutions, Judges, Prosecuting attorneys and below lecturers: 

1. Dr. Ahmadi moghaddam (the commander in chief of Iran law enforcement), 
2. 2-      Dr. Abolhasani (the secretary of high council on anti money laundering),
3. 3-      Mr. Hossein abadi (the commander of Anti-Drugs police) and
4. 4-      Dr. Zebhi (the legal vice-public prosecutor)

* Upon rendering any monetary and financial services, credit institutions, insurance companies and stock exchange are bound to exercise initial identification of their customers and then entering the customer information in their database.AML Executive By-law, based on the Article One hundred and thirty-eight of the constitution after approval by the ministers who are the members of the workgroup of ratification of AML Act By-Law, was declared.

According to Mass Media reports (dolat.ir) based on this By-Law, credit institutions, insurance companies and stock exchange while renderings diverse services and monetary and financial operations even less than the prescribed limit are bound to initial identification of the customers then entering customer information in their database. These operations comprises receipt and payment of the funds, money transfers, issuing and paying cheques, providing facilities, issuance of each types of card and payment via them,