Iran: Terrorism

Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 14 December 2018.

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Photo of Emily Thornberry Emily Thornberry Shadow Foreign Secretary

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government’s policy is on whether the preconditions for implementing an EU special purpose vehicle enabling European companies to trade with Iran while avoiding US sanctions should include a requirement for Iran’s accession to the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism.

Photo of Alistair Burt Alistair Burt Minister of State (Department for International Development) (Joint with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development)

​The European Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) is being designed in full compliance with European Union and relevant national regulatory standards in anti-money-laundering and terrorism-finance. We continue to work with Iran to support their efforts to pass all legislation required as part of their Financial Action Task Force Action Plan.

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