UNODC: Iran ranks top in anti-drug campaign
IRNA – The Vienna-based United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on Thursday acknowledged Iranian campaign against drug-trafficking, saying that Iran ranks…
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Nearly 400kg of opium busted in NE Iran
IRNA – Police in northeastern Iran have seized 384 kilograms of opium as security forces intensify anti-drugs operations. The narcotics were found…
Iran ready to coop. with Iraq in fighting against drug trafficking
MNA – Deputy Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Baghdad Seyyed Mousa Alizadeh Tabatabaei said that Islamic Republic of Iran…
Iran asks for technical, financial assistance to continue fight against drugs
FNA – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholamhossein Dehqani called on all countries threatened by the danger of…
Iran, Turkey to boost cooperation in combating illicit drugs
Tasnim– Iranian Anti-Narcotics Police Chief General Mohammad Massoud Zahedian and his Turkish counterpart, Ibrahim Hakki Seydioglullari, agreed to promote cooperation between the…
UN official: Iran stands atop world states in drug discovery
FNA – Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Yuri Fedotov announced that Iran ranks first among the…
Iranian speaker calls UN to act instead of report on narcotics
MNA– The Speaker of Iranian Parliament, Ali Larijani criticized the UN and NATO for evading their responsibilities in regards to war on…
Iran develops databank to track drug dealers: Official
Tasnim – A senior Iranian anti-narcotics official highlighted the progress in tracking international drug cartels, saying the country has created a database…
Iranian deputies push to abolish execution for drug-related offenses
RFERL | Frud Bezhan: Iranian lawmakers have proposed changes to the country’s tough antidrugs laws, a move that could abolish the death…
UNODC Official: Iran pioneers in implementation of convention to fight drugs, crime
IRNA — Acting Head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Tehran Kaveh Moradi said here on Wednesday that…
Zarif urges more coop. with Ukraine to tackle drug trafficking
TEHRAN, May 29 (MNA) – Iranian FM Zarif and his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin met on Sun. in Tehran to confer on…
Italy ready to upgrade Iranian anti-drug police equipment: Official
Iran’s Anti-Narcotics Police Chief Brigadier General Ali Moayyedi said Italy has voiced its readiness to boost police cooperation with the Islamic Republic…
Debate on rescinding death penalty for drug trade
More than 70 lawmakers signed a petition earlier this month proposing the abolition of the death penalty in unorganized drug trafficking crimes.…
Iran, UNODC ink agreement on battling drug
TEHRAN (ISNA)- The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed a cooperation agreement on…
Top Pakistani delegation departs for Tehran to attend int’l conference
Islamabad, Oct 24, IRNA – Pakistan interior minister’s special envoy for drug affairs Mohammad Hafeez heading a delegation departed for Tehran to…
Iran raps minimal global support for anti-drug fight
Iran has slammed the world community’s failure to fulfill its responsibility to deal with the global scourge of narcotics, saying the level of…
Police seize over 2.5 tons of illicit drugs in southeastern Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s anti-narcotics police forces managed to seize more than 2.5 tons of illicit drugs in three separate operations against…
Iran, Afghanistan joint anti-drug committee to be activated
Tehran, Aug 9, IRNA – Commander of the anti-narcotics squad of Iran’s Law Enforcement Police General Ali Moayyedi said the joint committee…
Commander: 65 percent of narcotics smuggled to Iran via Pakistan
TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the anti-narcotics squad of Iran’s Law Enforcement Police General Ali Moayyedi announced that over half of the illicit…
Iran’s police seize 665 kg of opium near capital
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – In a single operation carried out near Tehran on Sunday, Iran’s police managed to capture two major drug smugglers…
Iranian police seize 700 kg of illicit drugs in eastern city
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s anti-narcotics police chief announced that his forces have managed to seize 700 kilograms of illicit drugs in the…
Photos of the week
June 21 – 28, 2015 Host Iran overpowers US volleyball team Iranian national volleyball team defeated USA in straight sets (۲۵-۲۰,…
Ejei: 70% of prisoners indirectly connected with drugs
Tehran, June 28, IRNA – Judiciary First Deputy Chief Hojjatoleslam Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said over 44% of prisoners in the country directly…
President: Youth first victims of deadly drug trade
Tehran, June 27, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani in a message on the occasion of World Drug Day said the day provides…
Iran captures top drug lord
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s anti-narcotics police chief said Wednesday that the ringleader of an international drug trafficking gang has been captured in…
Over 12 tons of narcotic drug confiscated in 3 months
Zahedan, Sistan-Balouchestan Prov., June 23, IRNA – Commander of the Border Guard police in Sistan-Baluchestan Province Brigadier General Rahambakhsh Habibi said on…
Iran urges Int’l community to share burden of drug war
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on world countries, particularly the European states that are attractive destinations for narcotics, to…
100 tons of drugs to be destroyed in 23 provinces
An official with Iran Drug Control Headquarters said Monday that as much as 100 tons of narcotics, including traditional, industrial and psychedelic…
Iran’s police seize NATO service rifles from drug smugglers
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Anti-Narcotics Police Chief announced on Thursday that his forces have confiscated a large number of weapons from drug…
328 kilos of narcotics seized in Minab, Hormozgan province
Bandar Abbas, May 4, IRNA – Deputy Commander of Minab police force said on Monday that during the past 24 hours 328,380…
Iran arrests ringleader of Int’l drug trafficking gang
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An informed source at Iran’s intelligence ministry announced on Monday that the country’s security forces have managed to identify…
Over 490 tons of narcotics seized by police in Iran last year
TEHRAN (FNA)- The drug combat squads of the country’s Law Enforcement Force have seized more than 490,000 kilograms of illicit drugs in…
Saudi Arabia beheads Syrian national on drug trafficking charges
Saudi Arabia has beheaded a Syrian national after sentencing him to death on charges related to drug trafficking. The convicted Syrian, identified…
Police disband tens of drug rings in Western Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Provincial police authorities announced on Tuesday that more than 80 drug gangs have been busted in the Western Iranian province…
Police smashes 85 drug trafficking rings west of capital in 11 months
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian law enforcement forces have smashed 85 rings involved in drug-trafficking activities west of Tehran province, and seized over…
Police seize over 5 tons of narcotics in Southeastern Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s drug combat squads have seized more than 5,000 kilograms of illicit drugs in three separate operations in the Southeastern…
Iranian police seize over 22 tons of narcotics in 21 days
TEHRAN (FNA)- The drug combat squads of Iran’s Law Enforcement Police have seized more than 22 tons of illicit drugs across the…
Iran politics soiled by ‘dirty money’: interior minister
Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said Saturday political life in the Islamic Republic was tainted by “dirty money”, including from drugs,…
Iranian police seize 445 tons of illicit drugs in 11 months
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s anti-narcotics police forces have seized 445 tons of different types of illicit drugs in the country over the…
Sanctions against Iran benefit drug trafficking and terrorism
Criticizing the lack of support from the international community, Rahmani Fazli said that the world must be wary of the growing threat…