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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic Editor

Iran reformists urge concessions in attempt to reconnect to west

Masoud Pezeshkian. president of Iran, who centred economic reform in his election campaign.
Masoud Pezeshkian, president of Iran, who campaigned on economic reform, could have to intervene to see off hardliners. Photograph: Iranian presidency/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Iran’s reformists are pressing for the country to make concessions on financial transparency to allow it to reconnect to the global economic system and send a signal to the Trump White House that it is serious about renegotiating a new relationship with the west, including around its nuclear programme.

Tehran is expected in the next week to take decisions that would mean it would be taken off the blacklist of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the body that tackles money laundering and terrorist financing.

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