Glad you made your comeback to the thread Coop. Was kinda worried you had permanently tapped out after the Iranian position in the Levant collapsed. Which came unexpected, because you'd been telling the parochy for over a year that Israel and the US were on their last legs and blabla. Just kidding now, watching you in that emotional rollercoaster gradually morphing into the e-version of al Sadaf was hilarious. Literally running cover for the inept Iranian Axis of non-resistance talking about 'patience' whilst their allies were getting annihilated one by one. End result: Axis of Resistance deader than disco, unchallenged Israeli position in the Levant and a reduced need for US presence in Syria.
You know me, I don't do victory laps and I am not interested to rub your embarrassing takes in your face because clearly you've suffered enough already. Assad gone, Hezb hung up by the balls and ordered to you sign away territorial sovereignty of Lebanon, Hamas doing a 2013 re-visited ditching the AoR for Turkey-Qatar-Syria under HTS axis. Iraq looking wobbly. The Gazans now subjected to plans on getting them cattle prodded out to unknown destinies and the Reformists liberalizing Iranian society. That's an impressive string of Ls.
The periodically rolled out copes got stale a long time ago. Genuine discourse should be appreciated but this ain't it. Overall people drank the tankie Kool-Aid a little too hard and now are clutching for straws in order to hold on to their debunked worldview. The sanctions are going to hit Iran hard and you'll just have to live with it.
The Rouhani Raisi and Pezeshkian Administrations have all showed years long engagement and commitment to get the sanctions (partially) relieved.
Pezeshkian: we are in talks to achieve sanctions relief, but were set back by the True Promise 1 billion USD fireworks show.
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Newest development. Iran is preparing a return to the FATF framework as a precursor to sanction relief
Iran’s president says the country will re-examine controversial FATF conventions.
www.presstv.ir
From the article:
Iranian authorities say the country will re-examine anti-money laundering and terrorism financing conventions adopted by the global financial crime watchdog FATF.
President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that Iran’s Expediency Council, a body responsible for decision-making on overarching issues and policies of the country, will re-examine FATF conventions in a bid to allow Iran to officially accept them.
Pezeshkian made the announcement in a meeting with entrepreneurs and business leaders in Tehran as he expressed hope that accepting FATF conventions would facilitate economic activity in the country.
The comments came hours after Iran’s finance minister Abdolnasser Hemmati said that the country’s top leadership had allowed renewed discussions on FATF conventions in the Expediency Council several years after the body stopped such debates fearing that the conventions may undermine Iran’s financial independence.
FATF restrictions imposed on Iran’s banking system will be removed once the country enacts the Palermo and the Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) conventions.
The Iranian parliament has approved the Palermo and the CFT, but Iran's Guardian Council, which is responsible for vetting parliament legislation, has refused to ratify them, citing the need for some amendments.
Iran has ratified other conventions and regulations adopted by the FATF.
The renewed push to examine Iran’s full accession to the FATF comes amid efforts by Pezeshkian and his administration to open up to the world and to improve an economy affected by global inflation and foreign sanctions.
In his presidential election campaign in mid-summer, Pezshkian criticized the lack of action on FATF issues.
He also vowed to revive a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers that imposes restrictions on the country’s nuclear program in return for easing the sanctions
