Deputy chief of police Ahmad Radan has been replaced by the head of police intelligence and security forces, Hossein Ashtari. The Fars News Agency reports that the move was made by Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam, the head of security forces, who was reappointed to his position by Ayatollah Khamenei last week. Radan, who became Ahmadi Moghaddams deputy ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Irans drug combat squads have seized more than 240 tons of illicit drugs in the first half of the current Iranian year (started March 21), Iran's Deputy Police Chief Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Radan announced on Tuesday. We have discovered and seized 240 tons of narcotics in the current year, which is a good progress when compared ...

[caption id="attachment_28330" align="alignright" width="210"] File photo shows Iranian border guards on the Iran-Afghanistan border[/caption] Tehran, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) The strengthening of anti-drug units at borders has been decisive in the capture of large caches of narcotics within the four months of the Persian new year, said a police chief ...

The Western countries have put ban on exporting drug-sniffing dogs to Iran, Second-in-commander of the Iranian police, Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Radan said, Khabar Online website reported. Radan noted that aside from dogs, the drug-detecting electronic equipment exports to Iran were banned as well. "Despite these sanctions on elementary equipment ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has burned at least 100 tons of illicit drugs as part of its efforts to fight drug smuggling. Iranian authorities and foreign guests watched as some 50 tons of various narcotics were burned in north Tehran at a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the UN International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Some 50 other ...

Todays top stories in Iran include President Ahmadinejads controversial trip to Tabriz; Irans Isfahan University of Technology constructing 8 submarines; Irans police implementing social security plan in Tehran and 17 metropolises; reviewing current year's budget on Iran's Majlis next week agenda and enforcement of new Islamic Penal Code in Iran.  ...

(Reuters) -Iranhas seized 20 bombs and other explosives on its border withPakistan, a police official was quoted as saying on Saturday. He called on Islamabad to control its border regions properly. Iran's impoverished southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province, borderingPakistan, faces serious security problems including bombings and frequent clashes ...