TEHRAN (Dispatches) – An Iranian analyst has warned that joining the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) would be totally detrimental to the Islamic Republic and have no impact on the removal of sanctions.
The strategic affairs analyst, Muhammad Javad Larijani, said in remarks cited by Tasnim news agency that it would be sheer folly to abide by the FATF regulations.
The former secretary general of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights noted that FATF members are among the major sponsors of terrorism, such as Saudi Arabia with a record budget in support of the Daesh terrorist group.
He also denounced calls for the purchase of U.S.-made vaccines for the coronavirus as a plot aimed at bringing Iran to its knees.
Larijani, the current president of Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, underlined that the coronavirus vaccine developed by Iranian scientists meets scientific standards, saying he would immediately participate in a nationwide vaccination program with homegrown vaccine as soon as it begins.
"We definitely do not rely on their (U.S.) vaccine and will make our own vaccine,” he stressed.
Speaking at a weekly cabinet session on Wednesday, President Hassan Rouhani dismissed concerns about developing a coronavirus vaccine inside Iran and purchasing a foreign one.
On Thursday, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnasser Hemmati said there were no more obstacles in the way of purchasing coronavirus vaccines, pointing to the allocation of 200 million euros for their import.