TEHRAN – Iran’s parliament is set to review the bills on amending terrorism funding and money laundering laws at the request of the Rouhani administration.

The parliament is scheduled to hold open sessions on Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday to review the bills, Mehr reported.

During the sessions, the bill to join the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism will also be reviewed.

The International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism is a 1999 United Nations treaty designed to criminalize acts of financing acts of terrorism. 

MH/PA