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Netherlands praises Iran’s efforts to combat narcotics

mahla — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:55:27 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Netherlands praises Iran’s efforts to combat narcotics. The Netherlands has lauded Iran for its activities to deal with the trafficking of narcotics, expressing readiness to share knowledge and expertise with Iran in this regard.

Max Daniel, the drugs portfolio holder of the Dutch police force, held an online meeting on Sunday with the Iranian anti-narcotics police chief Majid Karimi, discussing challenges facing the battle against the drug trade.

The Iranian police official, for his part, presented a report on activities to seize narcotics and restrict the transit of narcotics, calling on the Netherlands to help disband smugglers.

Iranian anti-narcotics police discovered 1,200 tons of various drugs during the past [Iranian calendar] year (March 2020-March 2021), which is two-folded compared to the recent years, Eskandar Momeni, the director of headquarters for the fight against narcotics, said on Saturday.

Iran is the leading country in the fight against narcotics worldwide; despite its proximity to Afghanistan, which is the largest producer of narcotics, he explained, IRIB reported on Saturday.

The country has also carried on a battle against narcotics in spite of being highly affected by cruel sanctions and the COVID-19 pandemic, he added.

“Last year, more than 1,200 tons of various drugs were confiscated, which shows a decrease in drug trafficking and transit to Europe,” he highlighted.

According to the UN Office, the Islamic Republic’s continuous efforts to combat narcotics trafficking came up with the seizure of more than 90 percent of opium, 70 percent of morphine, and 20 percent of world heroin.

Need for action by global community

Iranian deputy anti-narcotics police chief Naqi Mahmoudi has stressed that the drug trafficking fight requires a common understanding and action by all members of the international community, and no country alone can address the challenges in this area.

Despite the conditions caused by the coronavirus outbreak and the imposition of harsh sanctions against the country, fortunately, with the efforts of anti-narcotics police in 2020, drug detection increased by 41 percent.

After the Islamic Revolution (in 1979), 3,800 were martyred, 12,000 were wounded and disabled in the fight against drug trafficking.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has praised Iran’s efforts to fight against narcotics trafficking on the occasion of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

The organization also officially announced that the world’s first place in the discovery of opium, heroin, and morphine belongs to Iran.

According to UNODC, Iran remains one of the major transit routes for drug trafficking from Afghanistan to European countries and has had a leading role at the global level in drug-control campaigns.

UNODC World Drug Report 2020 estimates that in 2018, 91 percent of world opium, 48 percent of the world morphine, and 26 percent of the world heroin were seized by Iran.

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Iran summons Denmark, Netherlands, UK envoys over harboring terrorists

reporter 1222 — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 10:40:54 +0000

Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned ambassadors of the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK charge d’affaires to protest over harboring terrorist groups.

Iran summoned ambassadors of Netherlands and Denmark to Tehran and strongly protested over residing of terrorists responsible for Saturday’s Ahvaz attack in their countries, said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bahram Ghasemi.

It is unacceptable that as long as these terrorist groups do not commit crimes on European soil, they will not be included in the EU’s terrorist list, he highlighted.

It is expected that these European governments decisively condemn this terror act, and detain and hand over the terrorists to Iran to be put on fair trial.

The envoys deeply regretted the fatal incident and said that they are ready to enhance cooperation and information exchange to identify the criminals.

Foreign Ministry also summoned UK’s charge d’affaires, in absence of its ambassador, and protested over live broadcasting of an interview with spokesman of the terrorist group behind the attack at ‘Iran International’ channel.

It is not acceptable that spokesperson of a terrorist group claims responsibility of this brutal act in a London-based TV channel, Ghasemi added.

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Iran, Netherlands to expand consular ties

reporter 1222 — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 09:00:19 +0000

The two countries of Iran and the Netherlands will expand and broaden their consular relationship.

For this purpose, the 4th joint consular meeting was held between Islamic Republic of Iran and the Netherlands in The Hague city in the presence of Director General of the Consular Department of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ali Chegini and the Director General of the Consular and Visa Policies of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague with the aim of broadening and boosting consular relationship.

In this get-together meeting, which was held in Tehran in the presence of Alireza Jahangiri Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Netherlands and Yap Werner new Dutch Ambassador to Iran, the two sides placed special emphasis on the necessity of strengthening and continuing previous consular meetings, boosting mutual consular cooperation and facilitating and expanding popular relationship between the two countries with a look at future.

Moreover, the two sides discussed about increasing bilateral consular and immigration cooperation, judicial cooperation, visa facilitation for businessmen, investors and the elites, fighting against drug trafficking and disseminating relevant information services on the situation of nationals of the two countries.

For his part, Director General of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ali Chegini pointed to the determination of the Islamic Republic of Iran to fight against drug trafficking and expressed its readiness to prevent the flow of drugs from eastern borders of the country towards Europe.

He reiterated, “it is necessary that the Netherlands and Europe should make their utmost efforts in the fight against drug trafficking.”

With due observance to the said issue, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is ready to pave suitable ways for the European parties and concerned organizations in the fields of controlling and fighting against drug trafficking as well as organized crimes, he observed.

Also, it was agreed that relevant issues should be followed up between the two parties strictly within the framework of rules and regulations.

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ICCIMA delegation to embark for Netherlands in late Jan. 2018

reporter 1222 — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 12:15:24 +0000

TEHRAN- A delegation from Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) will visit the Netherlands from January 28 to February 1, 2018, the portal of ICCIMA reported.

The delegation, to be headed by ICCIMA Chairman Gholam-Hossein Shafeie, includes Iranian entrepreneurs active in agriculture, green energies, irrigation and related industries, healthcare, logistics, transportation, oil, gas, and petrochemicals.

The visit will be paid with cooperation of Iran-Netherlands Joint Chamber of Commerce, the report said.

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