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2019-09-14 19:59
Europe must shore up assistance to Iran’s fight on drugs: presidential chief of staff
TEHRAN – The Iranian president’s chief of staff has called on Europeans to increase assistance to Iran in fighting drugs to prevent traffic of drugs to their countries, noting in particular that U.S. sanctions have left impacts on Tehran’s budget to fight against narcotics.
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2019-08-24 20:51
Iran says sanctions threaten fight on transnational crimes
TEHRAN – The United States’ unilateral and illegal sanctions on Iran have posed major threats to fighting transnational organized crimes such as drug trafficking, according to Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations.
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2019-08-20 19:43
Biggest drug smuggling band dismantled in southern Iran
TEHRAN – The Intelligence Ministry has announced that its forces have dismantled the largest drug smuggling band in the southern province of Hormozgan.
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2019-08-17 18:52
General: 76% of opium produced in the world is discovered in Iran
TEHRAN – Head of the counter-narcotics center said on Saturday that the United Nations has announced that 76 percent of the opium and also 67 percent of morphine produced in the world are discovered in Iran.
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2019-07-15 20:41
364 tons of narcotics seized in Iran in 7 months
TEHRAN – Massoud Zahedian, head of the anti-narcotic police, has highlighted Iran’s achievements in fighting narcotics, saying Iran has seized 364 tons of illicit drugs over the past seven months.
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2019-07-02 20:25
123kg of illicit drugs seized in Zanjan province
TEHRAN – The police forces of Zanjan Province have seized 123kg of illicit drugs, provincial police chief Rahim Jahanbakhsh said on Tuesday.
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2019-06-24 20:56
U.S. sanctions disrupting anti-drugs fight: Zarif
TEHRAN – Iran’s foreign minister has criticized the U.S. sanctions for hindering Iran’s effort and cooperation with other countries in the fight against drug trafficking, saying Washington and a number of Western countries are responsible for the consequences of such interruption.
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2018-06-20 10:15
808 tons of drugs found in Iran in a year
TEHRAN – 808 tons of narcotics were confiscated in the Iranian calendar year 1396 (ending March 21, 2018) and the drug dealers were arrested and handed over to judicial authorities, the anti-drug police commander said on Tuesday.
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2018-05-21 02:21
2.7 tons of drugs seized in Sistan-Baluchestan
TEHRAN – About 2,757 kilograms of narcotics have been seized and five drug dealers arrested in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, IRNA reported on Sunday.
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2018-05-14 02:41
Police seize over 4.5 tons of drugs in Sistan-Baluchestan
TEHRAN – Iran’s police have seized over 4,720 kilograms of illicit drugs in armed clashes with smugglers in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, the police commander of Sistan-Baluchestan province said on May 7.
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2018-03-15 09:15
Iran: Intl. bodies have failed to help states in drug fight
TEHRAN – International bodies have failed to help countries that are fighting drug trafficking, Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Wednesday, warning that politicizing the issue will seriously harm countries in the campaign against drugs.
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2018-02-25 07:26
Border police seized 68 tons of drugs in 11 months
TEHRAN – The commander of Iran’s border police has said that over the past 11 months the border guards have managed to prevent smuggling of 68 tons of various kinds of illicit drugs, Tasnim reported on Saturday.
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2017-08-21 10:38
Tehran police confiscate 1600 kg of narcotics
TEHRAN – Police in the Iranian capital Tehran have busted an international smuggling ring, seizing 1600 kilograms of illegal drugs, the Tehran police chief said on Sunday.
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2017-08-20 09:13
Tehran police arrest 4 drug traffickers
TEHRAN – The Tehran police have arrested four drug traffickers and found 70 kilograms of opium in their hideout.
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2017-08-14 20:28
New drug death penalty bill to save 5,300 inmates on death row
TEHRAN – The Iranian parliament has passed a bill to its drug trafficking law that could commute the sentences of up to 5,300 inmates currently on death row for drug trafficking.
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2017-08-13 19:58
Iran parliament eases drug death penalty
TEHRAN - Iran's parliament passed a long-awaited amendment to its drug trafficking laws on Sunday, raising the thresholds that can trigger capital punishment.
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2017-07-11 09:53
Iran moves to ease capital punishment for drug offenders
TEHRAN – The members of Iranian parliament’s Judicial Committee have drafted a new amendment to a bill limiting capital punishment for drug-related offenders.
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2017-07-07 01:56
11,000 drug rings smashed by Iran police in 4 years
TEHRAN – Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said the said on Tuesday that Iranian police forces have managed to disband some 11,000 drug rings over the past four years, Tasnim reported.
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2017-07-07 01:56
Iran calls for global efforts to fight drug trafficking
TEHRAN – The Iranian Majlis speaker has called on the world countries to redouble their efforts in the anti-drug campaign.
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2017-06-29 14:15
16 tons of drugs seized in southern Iran in 3 months
TEHRAN – Iran’s anti-narcotics police have managed to seize more than 16,000 kilograms of various types of illicit drugs in the southern province of Hormozgan over the past three months, Tasnim reported.
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2017-01-31 21:26
‘Judiciary needs time to replace capital punishment for drug offenders’
TEHRAN – The Iranian Judiciary has asked more time to come up with a replacement for capital punishment for drugs-related crimes, the spokesman for the Majlis Legal and Judicial Committee told Tasnim on Tuesday.
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2017-01-02 09:58
Three drug bands crushed in Sistan-Baluchestan
TEHRAN – Iranian police force have crushed three drug bands in Sistan-Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran.
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2016-10-09 06:38
Iran bearing heavy burdens of fighting narcotics: Iran’s envoy to UN
TEHRAN — Iran has been carrying great burden of fighting narcotics over recent years, Gholamhossein Dehqani, the ambassador and deputy permanent representative of Iran to the UN, has said.
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2016-09-13 17:22
Tehran, Beijing in close contact over terrorism, drug smuggling
TEHRAN – The Chinese ambassador to Tehran has said Tehran and Beijing have been closely cooperating with each other in the areas of terrorism and drug smuggling, finalizing extensive agreements, according to IRNA on Tuesday.
