TEHRAN (Iran News) Eskandar Momeni made the remarks while speaking to reporters upon arrival in south-central Iran. “Iran minister”

From the beginning of the new Iranian administration in July, the serious effort has been taken to manage and control the foreign nationals, Momeni announced.

He went on to say that a part of the management starts from inside the country and another from the zero points.

Meanwhile, the Iranian government is seriously pursuing the total blockade on borders, the minister underlined.

Elaborating on the issue, the minister said the main problem for organizing the foreign nationals and those who have illegally entered the country was their repeated come and go.

So, it is necessary to physically and electronically block the borders completely through optic sensors, he noted.

The interior minister arrived in Kerman today to attend the inauguration ceremony of the 17th Governor of Kerman Mohammad Ali Talebi.

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Eskandar Momeni, who left Tehran for Vienna on Sunday, is scheduled to address the CND meeting opening ceremony.

The CND confab will run from March 12 to 14.

Momeni will also hold separate meetings with senior UNODC officials as well as the heads of participating delegations.

The UNODC is the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Simultaneously, Iran will also hold an exhibition of the country’s anti-narcotic measures at the venue of the UN in Vienna.

Iran, which has a 900-kilometer border with Afghanistan, has been used as the main conduit for smuggling Afghan drugs to narcotics kingpins across the world, especially Europe.

Despite high economic and human costs, the Islamic Republic has been actively fighting drug-trafficking over the past decades.

Iran has spent more than $700 million on sealing its borders and preventing the transit of narcotics destined for European, Arab and Central Asian countries.

The war on drugs has claimed the lives of nearly 4,000 Iranian police forces over the past four decades.

Just on Sunday, the police commander of the border province of Sistan-Balouchestan announced drug combat squads had confiscated 2,956 kilograms of different illicit drugs in Khash County. Second Brigadier General Mohammad Ghanbari said 1.492 tons of morphine, 1.442 tons of opium, and 22 kilograms crystal were seized from smugglers.

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was established by Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resolution 9(I) in 1946, to assist the ECOSOC in supervising the application of the international drug control treaties. In 1991, the General Assembly (GA) expanded the mandate of the CND to enable it to function as the governing body of the UNODC.

ECOSOC resolution 1999/30 requested the CND to structure its agenda with two distinct segments: a normative segment for discharging treaty-based and normative functions; and an operational segment for exercising the role as the governing body of UNODC.

The CND meets annually when it considers and adopts a range of decisions and resolutions. The intercessional meetings of the CND are regularly convened to provide policy guidance to the UNODC. Towards the end of each year, the CND meets at a reconvened session to consider budgetary and administrative matters as the governing body of the United Nations drug program.

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TEHRAN (Iran News) – Head of Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters (DCH) Brig. Gen. Eskandar Momeni said that the anti-narcotics police of Iran have busted a total of 800 tons of different types of illicit drugs in the past ten months up to January 22.

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Speaking to reporters in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan, Momeni highlighted the Islamic Republic’s successful campaign on narcotics and said in the first seven months of the current Iranian year more than 550 tons of various kinds of illicit drugs have been seized.

The official further said that 154 tons of the seizures have been reported in Sistan and Balouchestan Province.

The capture of illicit drugs has increased by 16 percent compared to the same period last year, he said, adding that the seizures in the southeastern province have witnessed a 25% year-on-year increase.

Police and security forces have been quite successful in ensuring security in the Sistan and Balouchestan despite its long borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan, harsh weather and vast desert areas.

Iran, which has a 900-kilometer common border with Afghanistan, has been used as the main conduit for smuggling Afghan drugs to narcotics kingpins in Europe.

Despite high economic and human costs, the Islamic Republic has been actively fighting drug-trafficking over the past decades.

The country has spent more than $700 million on sealing its borders and preventing the transit of narcotics destined for European, Arab and Central Asian countries.

The war on drug trade originating from Afghanistan has claimed the lives of nearly 4,000 Iranian police officers over the past four decades.

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