The Iranian Revolutionary Guard expressed its reservations towards a draft law passed by the Iranian parliament for the country to join the international Terrorist Financing Convention treaty. Iran’s Quds Force, the Revolutionary Guard’s foreign arm, stands to be harmed the most from the bill given that it funds and aids proxy militias in the region. Meanwhile, the country’s Second Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Ali Motahari called for lawsuits and investigations to face parties that have gone as far as making death threats against lawmakers who voted yes on the draft resolution. Quds Force official, senior cleric and Supreme Leader Representative Ali Shirazi urged the Guardian Council to reject the draft law approved by the parliament to allow the Iranian government to join the anti-terror Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The Guardian Council, which oversees the country’s legislative procedures, is supposed to announce its decision on three out of four laws that would help President Hassan Rouhani achieve his aspirations to join FATF. Joining the international body will persuade foreign banks to continue financial cooperation and investment with Iran. Shirazi denied Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ever agreeing to the draft resolution, and raised questions as to whether the law is related to halting Iranian support from flowing into Syria and Lebanon. The Guardian Council must address this implicit project, Shirazi was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency. It was not clear whether the Guardian Council would approve the bill. "It is too early to announce the opinion of the council," Guardian Council Spokesman Abbas Kadkhodaei said. Parliament passed the draft law, but it was not yet to the Council which has the power to overturn the law. Kadkhodaei also pointed out that the Council has not arrived to a decision yet on two laws passed by parliament for the country to join international bodies similar to FATF that combat money laundering and terror funding. International parties accuse Iran of buying time when it comes to applying for the FATF. Joining the taskforce would mean that Iran needs to amend its laws on money laundering. Hardline critics of the law say it poses “a threat to funding Iran’s Revolutionary Guard regional activities.”