Review of Anti-Terrorist Financing Laws and Regulations in Iranian and Afghan Law and International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism

Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly

Hamidreza Dabirzadeh ¹ (Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran)
Ahmad Hajidehabadi ² (Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran, Faculty member of the Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran:corresponding Author: [e-mail])
Hasan Pourbaferani ³ (Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran؛ Faculty member, Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran)

Received: 2022-01-15 Accepted : 2022-01-15 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: terrorism, Money laundering, convention, Terrorist Financing,

Abstract :

One of the direst issues of the modern era is terrorism and it’s financing. Fortunately, we see some strong will to tackle this malign problem in Afghanistan (2013), so the present criminal laws and the laws against terrorism (2017) financing are drafted in this respect. Recent findings demonstrate flaws in Iranian and Afghan laws and regulations to fight terrorism financing and even those laws present lack cohesion and does not encompass the whole aspects of their dangerous action. Therefore, this situation necessitates full and immediate cooperation between Iran and Afghanistan to draft appropriate criminal laws to take firm action to punish the terrorism financers and put an end to violators of state regulations in supporting terrorism. However, we have to examine the compliancy of the present Iranian and Afghan laws to the related convention which indicate full adherence by Afghan laws and some by the Iranian laws