Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has described Iran as a “flagbearer” in the fight against drugs worldwide, emphasizing its determination to combat drug trafficking.
IRNA - The Vienna-based United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on Thursday acknowledged Iranian campaign against drug-trafficking, saying that Iran ranks top in the international campaign.
According to the UNODC annual report for 2019 on the situation of narcotic drugs in the world, Iran seized 631 tons of opium in 2017, ranked first in the world....
IRNA - Police in northeastern Iran have seized 384 kilograms of opium as security forces intensify anti-drugs operations.
The narcotics were found in a peugeot when the driver tried to flee the scene. The chase took place in Qaen County, situated in South Khorasan Province close to the border with Afghanistan.
More than 30 tons of narcotics have ...
MNA Deputy Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Baghdad Seyyed Mousa Alizadeh Tabatabaei said that Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to cooperate with neighboring Iraq in order to combat drug trafficking.
Accusing Iran of entering narcotic drugs to Iraq is a ridiculous charge raised by those who are against amicable and fraternal relationship ...
FNA - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholamhossein Dehqani called on all countries threatened by the danger of drug trafficking to help Iran continue its campaign against narcotics.
"The growing production of illicit drugs and activities of traffickers to transfer them outside the borders is a serious threat ...
Tasnim Iranian Anti-Narcotics Police Chief General Mohammad Massoud Zahedian and his Turkish counterpart, Ibrahim Hakki Seydioglullari, agreed to promote cooperation between the two neighboring countries in various security fields, including the campaign against illicit drugs.
Meeting in Ankara, the Iranian and Turkish officials exchanged views ...
FNA - Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Yuri Fedotov announced that Iran ranks first among the world states in discovering and seizing narcotics.
"Drug discoveries by the Islamic Republic of Iran is 4 times larger than other world states," Fedotov said in a meeting with Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani ...
MNA The Speaker of Iranian Parliament, Ali Larijani criticized the UN and NATO for evading their responsibilities in regards to war on drug trafficking.
The UN should assign fair shares of responsibility between member states to avoid burdening the whole costs of fighting drug trafficking solely on Iran, said Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iranian ...
Tasnim A senior Iranian anti-narcotics official highlighted the progress in tracking international drug cartels, saying the country has created a database to detect and capture drug gang members.
Iran has developed a databank of international drug cartels to identify and arrest the chief members of the gangs, Brigadier General Ali Moayyedi,...
RFERL | Frud Bezhan: Iranian lawmakers have proposed changes to the countrys tough antidrugs laws, a move that could abolish the death penalty for some drug-related crimes.
If approved by parliament, a proposed amendment could curb the number of executions in the Islamic republic, which has one of the highest rates of capital punishment in the world....
IRNA -- Acting Head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Tehran Kaveh Moradi said here on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran has signed important conventions like war against drugs and crime and is pioneer in this field.
He made the remarks in a meeting dubbed 'International Judicial cooperation in extradition of prisoners in the ...
TEHRAN, May 29 (MNA) Iranian FM Zarif and his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin met on Sun. in Tehran to confer on ways to strengthen bilateral relations and discuss various regional and international issues, including the Minsk Protocol.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif deemed Tehran-Kiev relations natural and progressing, adding ...
Irans Anti-Narcotics Police Chief Brigadier General Ali Moayyedi said Italy has voiced its readiness to boost police cooperation with the Islamic Republic in various areas and provide Iran with surveillance equipment used in fighting against drugs.
In their latest negotiations (with Iran), Italian officials voiced their readiness to help Iran in ...
More than 70 lawmakers signed a petition earlier this month proposing the abolition of the death penalty in unorganized drug trafficking crimes.
If the plan is approved, the death penalty will apply only to organized drug crime, and offenses like unarmed and nonviolent cases of drug trade will be exempted from capital punishment, said Mir-...
TEHRAN (ISNA)- The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed a cooperation agreement on fighting drug trafficking.
Iranian Interior Minister Abdulreza Rahmani-Fazli and UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov inked an agreement in Vienna at the end of partners of Afghanistan and neighboring countries ...
Islamabad, Oct 24, IRNA Pakistan interior minister's special envoy for drug affairs Mohammad Hafeez heading a delegation departed for Tehran to attend international conference on drug trafficking.
The top Pakistani drug official's agenda includes talks with the heads of Iran's anti-drug headquarters, coordination between the two countries' law ...
Iran has slammedthe world communitys failure to fulfill its responsibility to deal with the global scourge of narcotics, saying the level of the internationalfight against armed drug traffickers has so far been minimal.
Addressing the Third Committee on International Drug Control in New York, Irans Ambassador to the United Nations Gholam Hossein ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's anti-narcotics police forces managed to seize more than 2.5 tons of illicit drugs in three separate operations against drug smugglers in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan, the provincial police chief announced.
Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi said last night, after several ...
Tehran, Aug 9, IRNA - Commander of the anti-narcotics squad of Irans Law Enforcement Police General Ali Moayyedi said the joint committee for anti-drug campaign between Iran and Afghanistan will be activated to conduct operation on different issues.
Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting with Afghan deputy interior minister, General Moayyedi said ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the anti-narcotics squad of Iran's Law Enforcement Police General Ali Moayyedi announced that over half of the illicit drugs smuggled to Iran comes from neighboring Pakistan.
"Some 65 percent of the narcotics are smuggled to Iran from Pakistan and the remaining 35 percent from Afghanistan," General Moayyedi said, addressing ...
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