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2025-03-16 16:00
Police seize 19 tons of narcotics in Tehran in a year
TEHRAN –Iran anti-narcotics police have seized some 19 tons of narcotics and arrested 555 smugglers in Tehran province in the current Iranian calendar year, which will end on March 20.
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2025-03-10 15:19
Iran attending 68th session of UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
TEHRAN – Brigadier General Hossein Zolfaqari, the Secretary General of Iranian Drug Control Headquarters (DCHQ), is participating in the 68th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), which is being held from March 10 to 14 in Vienna, Austria.
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2025-03-03 15:35
Tehran urges Kabul to be more decisive in war on drugs
TEHRAN –Iran has asked Afghanistan to be more decisive in the fight against narcotics.
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2025-02-21 15:05
Oman seeks to expand ties with Iran in dealing with narcotics
TEHRAN –Mohammed bin Saleh Al Gheilani, General Director of Combating Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of Oman, has called for signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran to promote cooperation in combating drugs and narcotics.
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2024-10-11 16:03
Two tons of narcotics set on fire
The anti-narcotics police burnt two tons of various narcotics and chemical substances in the province of Qom on Thursday.
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2024-09-14 15:34
Police seize over 3 tons of drugs in southeast
TEHRAN –The anti-narcotics police have reported the seizure of three tons and 472 kilograms of different types of narcotics in Zabol and Saravan counties, southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.
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2024-08-10 16:38
Police dismantle drug trafficking gang in southeast
TEHRAN – The anti-narcotics police have disbanded a drug trafficking gang in Saravan county, southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province, Ahmad-Ali Goudarzi, Commander of the Border Police, has stated.
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2024-08-06 15:44
Iran’s achievements in war on drugs are undeniable: official
TEHRAN –Given that there are over 1,180 types of narcotics in the world, Iran’s accomplishments in the battle against illicit drugs are undeniable, an official with the anti-narcotics headquarters has said.
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2024-07-23 15:02
Police seize large haul of narcotics in southeast
TEHRAN - The police in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan have seized over 1.5 metric tons of narcotics in a successful operation against a drug gang.
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2024-06-25 15:06
Sanctions on Iran’s fight against narcotics will boomerang on imposers: official
TEHRAN –Imposing sanctions on Iran, particularly in the fight against narcotics, will have adverse impacts on imposers, decreasing the global security consequently, the Iranian Police Chief, Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Radan, has said.
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2024-06-07 15:48
Iran at forefront of war on drugs for over four decades
TEHRAN –Iran has been the only country on the front line of the war against narcotics for over 45 years despite oppressive sanctions of the U.S., the economic problems ahead, and the limited contribution of other countries.
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2024-04-23 15:13
Police seize 580 tons of narcotics in a year
TEHRAN – Iran anti-narcotics police have seized some 580 tons of narcotics in the past Iranian calendar year 1402 (March 2023 –March 2024).
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2024-04-17 15:56
Iran is self-sufficient in dealing with narcotics: official
TEHRAN –After four decades of effort, Iran is now self-sufficient in preventing addiction, treating addicts, and combating narcotics, an official with anti-narcotics headquarters has said.
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2024-03-13 15:30
Iran to attend annual UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
TEHRAN –The secretary general of the anti-narcotics headquarters, Eskanadr Momeni, will attend the 67th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna from March 14-22.
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2024-02-05 16:12
Police seize over 500 tons of drugs in 10 months
TEHRAN –Iran anti-narcotics police have reported the seizure of more than 500 tons of different types of narcotics in the first ten months of the current Iranian calendar year that started in March 2023.
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2023-12-30 16:15
Narcotics seizures up by 21% in 10 months
TEHRAN – As of March 21, the start of the current Iranian calendar year, drug seizures have increased by 21 percent compared to the same period last year.
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2023-11-07 15:51
National week on dealing with narcotics, social harms in schools to be held
TEHRAN –The national week on the fight against drug addiction and its social harms in schools will be held from November 13th to 19th.
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2023-11-06 22:52
By Mohsen Eslam Zadeh
The end of Opium
TEHRAN- The interim government of Afghanistan has taken effective measures to prevent the production of opium in the country. But that could bring about some economic challenges for the Taliban in the future.
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2023-10-30 16:15
Iran ready to co-op with UN on alternatives to poppy cultivation in Afghanistan
TEHRAN - The Iranian anti-narcotics headquarters has announced readiness to cooperate with the United Nations to offer alternatives to poppy cultivation and production in Afghanistan.
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2023-10-08 15:22
Global support ‘essential’ in fight against narcotics, Iran says
TEHRAN – Iran anti-narcotics police chief, Iraj Kakavand, in a meeting with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) representative in Tehran, Alexander Fedulov, called it essential to support Iran in the fight against drug trafficking.
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2023-06-19 15:50
Drug smuggling into Iran down by 15% in 4 years
TEHRAN – The flow of narcotics into Iran has decreased by about 15 percent over the past four years, Eskandar Momeni, the secretary general of the Iranian anti-narcotics headquarters, has said.
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2023-05-12 15:48
Iran dismantles some 1,700 drug gangs in 2022
TEHRAN – Some 1,700 regional and international drug gangs were dismantled by Iran in the year 2022, Eskandar Momeni, the secretary general of the Iranian anti-narcotics headquarters, has said.
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2023-02-20 18:32
Negotiations with Taliban underway to deal with narcotics
TEHRAN – Iran is negotiating with the Taliban regarding the issue of preventing drug trafficking and production, an official with the anti-narcotics headquarters has said.
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2023-02-14 17:48
Dealing with five major social harms atop agenda
TEHRAN – In 2016, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei emphasized the need to focus on dealing with five major social harms.
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2023-02-04 18:16
Fighting narcotics costs Iran $1 billion a year
TEHRAN - Iran spends about $700 million to $1 billion annually to fight against drugs, Eskandar Momeni, the secretary general of the anti-narcotics headquarters, has said.
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2023-01-17 17:39
By Mehdi Garshasbi
Taking center stage against narcotics
TEHRAN - The fight against narcotics is very expensive due to the complexity of the mafia level of this business, a cost that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been paying alone for years despite the support claims of the international community.
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2023-01-04 20:00
3.5 tons of narcotics confiscated in 48 hours
TEHRAN – The anti-narcotics police managed to discover over 3.5 tons of drugs over the last 48 hours, especially in the desert areas of the eastern border of the country, Majid Karimi, head of the anti-narcotics police, said on Wednesday.
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2022-12-14 17:53
Police confiscate 482 tons of narcotics in 8 months
TEHRAN – A total of 482 tons of narcotics have been seized countrywide since the beginning of the current [Iranian calendar] year (March 21), Mohammad Masoud Zahedian, deputy chief of the Iranian anti-narcotics police, has announced.
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2022-10-28 18:12
Over 700kg of heroin seized in Hormozgan
TEHRAN – The Iranian police have seized 725 kilograms of heroin in a cargo in the southern province of Hormozgan, the IRIB News Agency reported Thursday.
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2022-08-15 19:00
Over 3,400 drug smugglers arrested
TEHRAN – More than 3,400 smugglers of narcotics were arrested through a plan called Zafar, literally meaning victory, Tehran police chief Hossein Rahimi announced on Monday.