Iran’s Guardian Council objects to FATF-related UNTOC bill
Tehran (KNA) - Iran’s Guardian Council has said that Iran’s membership in the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) is against both the security policies of the country and the Resistance Economy.
The Spokesman for the Guardian Council, which is empowered to vet legislation in Iran, said on Saturday that the bill of Iran's membership in the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) is in contradiction to the security policy of the country and the policies of the Resistance Economy.
Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei told reporters in a presser that UNTOC bill for the Iranian government's accession to the UNTOC also known as the Palermo bill in Iran was discussed during several meetings of the Guardian Council and some shortcomings were discovered with the bill.
The Iran's membership in the UNTOC bill was first passed in the Iranian Parliament back in January but was sent to the Guardian Council to get its approval.
Kadkhodaei said today that there were some problems with the translated version of the Convention that were addressed and edited by the Parliament, but there are still problems with the article 3 of the bill.
He said that Guardian Council confirmed the two shortcomings with the bill that had already been noticed by the Expediency Council.
Source: Mehr