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Mon, 07/18/2011 - 15:26
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Iran's War on Narcotics: UN: Iran Seizes 80% of World's Smuggled Opium
TEHRAN (FNA)- Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yuri Fedotov announced on Monday that over 80% of the world's opium seizures and 40% of heroin and morphine seizures are made by Iran's law enforcement police forces.
"80% of the world's opium discoveries and 40% of the world's heroin and morphine discoveries are made by Iran," Fedotov said in a meeting with Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar in Tehran today.
He also lauded Iran for its cooperation with the UNODC in the campaign against illicit drugs and drug-trafficking, and pledged that the UN would accelerate its efforts to increase international assistance to Iran in its fight against drug trafficking.
Elsewhere, Fedotov expressed his condolences to the Iranian nation and government over the martyrdom of over 3,700 police officers in the country's campaign against illicit drugs.
According to the UNODC, these days, 93 percent of the world's opium is produced in Iran's neighboring country Afghanistan, 60% of which is destined for the EU and specially the US markets, and the main transit route is Iran, where the country's dedicated police squad risk their lives to make the most discoveries of drug cargoes, disband drug-trafficking gangs and organizations and much more in a bid to rescue not only the Iranian youth but also all those living in Europe and the US.
Iran has always complained about the EU and other international bodies' lack of serious cooperation with Iran in the campaign against drug trafficking from Afghanistan.
Iran also spends billions of dollars and has lost thousands of its police troops in the war against traffickers.
According to official estimates, Iran's battle against drugs cost the country around $1 billion annually. Strategies pursued by Tehran include digging canals, building barriers and installing barbed wire to seal the country's borders, specially in the East.
"80% of the world's opium discoveries and 40% of the world's heroin and morphine discoveries are made by Iran," Fedotov said in a meeting with Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar in Tehran today.
He also lauded Iran for its cooperation with the UNODC in the campaign against illicit drugs and drug-trafficking, and pledged that the UN would accelerate its efforts to increase international assistance to Iran in its fight against drug trafficking.
Elsewhere, Fedotov expressed his condolences to the Iranian nation and government over the martyrdom of over 3,700 police officers in the country's campaign against illicit drugs.
According to the UNODC, these days, 93 percent of the world's opium is produced in Iran's neighboring country Afghanistan, 60% of which is destined for the EU and specially the US markets, and the main transit route is Iran, where the country's dedicated police squad risk their lives to make the most discoveries of drug cargoes, disband drug-trafficking gangs and organizations and much more in a bid to rescue not only the Iranian youth but also all those living in Europe and the US.
Iran has always complained about the EU and other international bodies' lack of serious cooperation with Iran in the campaign against drug trafficking from Afghanistan.
Iran also spends billions of dollars and has lost thousands of its police troops in the war against traffickers.
According to official estimates, Iran's battle against drugs cost the country around $1 billion annually. Strategies pursued by Tehran include digging canals, building barriers and installing barbed wire to seal the country's borders, specially in the East.
