IRNA Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Fathi Waly hailed the efforts made by Iran in line with fighting narcotics trafficking and the related crimes. Waly made the remarks in a meeting with Iran's deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs Mohsen Baharvand. Baharvand is currently on a visit ...

MNA The anti-narcotics police of Irans East Azarbaijan province have seized a 203-kilogram shipment of heroin, which was headed to Europe. Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) and Intelligence Ministry successfully captured the consignment, which was hidden in two trucks, foiling their plan ...

MNA The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani said Mon. that about 4,000 Iranians have lost their lives in the fight against illicit drugs, while since 2001, when Americans attacked Afghanistan, drug production has increased by 50 times. The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting ...

MNA Irans anti-narcotics police forces have seized 1.2 tons of illicit drugs in Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran. Police Deputy Chief of Sistan and Balouchestan province General Ahmad Taheri said on Wednesday that 1.2 tons of illicit drugs have been seized during an operation in Iranshahr and Delgan. Five smugglers have been ...

MNA Iranian deputy FM Gholam-Hossein Dehghani has lamented the lack of sufficient international aid to Iran in the fight against drug trafficking. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Gholam-Hossein Dehghani, accompanied by permanent envoy to Vienna-based intl. organizations, Kazem Gharibabadi, met and held talks ...

MNA The police force of Irans Qazvin province have seized 57 kilograms of illegal drugs in central of Iran in a joint operation with police force of Qom. Qazvin Police commander General Mehdi Hajian said the consignment was captured during a joint operation by the antinarcotics police of Qom province on Saturday when a gang attempted to smuggle ...

IFP - An Iranian lawmaker says more than 90 percent of those sentenced to death for carrying illicit drugs would have the chance to return to life if the new bill passed by the Parliament is signed into law. Earlier this week, the Iranian Parliament passed a bill to lift the death penalty for those carrying less than 50 kilograms of ...

IFP - A report says Irans Customs Office has been very successful in seizing contraband commodities and illicit drugs. Irans Customs Office is witnessing its most successful years in terms of fighting the smuggling of goods and narcotics, according to a Farsi report by Tejarat News. Among the most noticeable successes of the Customs ...

MNA Member of the Parliament's Judicial and Legal Commission Ali Bakhtiar said the capital punishment for drug traffickers was commuted to a prison sentence of 25 to 30 years, after final approval of an amendment to Irans drug law. Speaking to Mehr News correspondent on Sunday, Bakhtiar said the Judicial and Legal Commission passed the amendment ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans intelligence forces disbanded an international drugs ring in the countrys southern province of Hormozgan that used to import precursor chemicals for producing illicit drugs. Head of the Intelligence Ministrys anti-narcotics department told reporters on Monday that 21 tons of drug precursor chemicals has been confiscated in ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans Anti-Narcotics Police Chief Brigadier General Ali Moayyedi announced on Saturday that the countrys police have seized 14 percent more illicit drugs in the past 12 months compared with the same period last year. This (Iranian calendar) year (started on March 21), 525 tons of illicit drugs were seized across the country,...

Tehran, December 20, The Iran Project- Theminister of interior says Iran is ready to dispatch physicians to offer necessarytrainingforaddiction treatment toAfghanistan. Speaking in the joint meeting between Afghanistans Minister of Counter Narcotics and Irans Ministry of Interior on Sunday, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli noted the cultural and religious ...