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‘90% of world’s opium coming from Afghanistan is a very serious threat’ 05 Sep 2022

‘90% of world’s opium coming from Afghanistan is a very serious threat’

Eskandar Momeni, the director of anti-narcotics police headquarters, has said it is a very serious threat that around 90 percent of the world's opium comes from Afghanistan.

Religion Has Never Been an Opium 08 Mar 2021

Religion Has Never Been an Opium

Leftist and rightist thoughts, according to Martyr Master Morteza Motahhari, in a root contradiction have been to compete with Islam as the most guiding school of thought and to ignore its human-related aims.

Iran 1st country in drug confiscation 28 Apr 2020

Iran 1st country in drug confiscation

Iran ranked first among world countries for the confiscation of illegal drug in the last Iranian year (starting 20 March 2019), according to an official.

Police Hunts Over 2 Tons of Drugs in Sistan 18 Apr 2020

Police Hunts Over 2 Tons of Drugs in Sistan

The police forces of the Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran, have seized 2.390 tons of illegal drugs in Saravan, in the southeast of the province.

Iran’s police confiscate 2 consignments of narcotics in customs 01 Feb 2020

Iran’s police confiscate 2 consignments of narcotics in customs

Spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) Seyyed Rouhollah said that two different consignments of opium and crystal have been seized by the police of customs in two separate operations.

US Support Narcotics Production in Afghanistan: Iranian Official 28 Jan 2020

US Support Narcotics Production in Afghanistan: Iranian Official

Drugs production in Afghanistan is increasing every year. Now there is no doubt that US forces and occupiers in Afghanistan support the Narcotics production process, Iran offical says.

Smuggling Bands Dismantled in Tehran in 6 years 16 Jan 2020

Smuggling Bands Dismantled in Tehran in 6 years

The anti-narcotics police of Tehran Province have dismantled 400 smuggling bands and seized over 100 tons of different illicit drugs in the past six years.

Illicit drugs seized in Qom province 14 Jan 2020

Illicit drugs seized in Qom province

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The police forces of Qom Province have intercepted 1,006 kilograms of illicit drugs on Dilijan-Salafchegan road. The Police Chief of Qom Province Second Brigadier General Abdolreza Aghakhani said on Tuesday that the police forces of the province confiscated 1.006 tons of illicit drugs and opium in collaboration with police forces of […]

Fighting drugs costs 11% of its GDP 01 Jan 2020

Fighting drugs costs 11% of its GDP

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Head of Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters (DCH) Eskandar Momeni said that Iran is spending a significant amount of budget on fighting against trafficking drugs. “It is estimated that 11% of GDP is spent directly and indirectly on the fighting against drugs,” he told YJC News Agency on Wednesday. Direct costs include […]