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195643
Mon, 07/18/2011 - 15:26
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Iran Complains about World's Meager Support for Anti-Narcotic Efforts
TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary-General of Iran's Anti-Drug Headquarters Mostafa Mohammad Najjar complained that Iran is paying heavy costs for its campaign against narcotics, while it receives very small international support in its war on drugs.
"The equipments and possibilities which are needed for campaign against drugs and provided by the international community for Iran are insignificant, " Najjar, who is also Iran's Interior Minister, said in a meeting with Executive-Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yuri Fedotov here in Tehran today.
"These aids and assistances have so far been little, and rather symbolic," he reiterated, and called on the international community to boost its support for Iran's anti-narcotics efforts.
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.
Najjar further noted the tripartite cooperation among Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan against drug-trafficking in the region, and stated, "We are ready to expand regional cooperation with the other countries in the campaign against narcotics."
Also during the meeting, Najjar and Fedotov discussed regional and international cooperation and agreed to work out better arrangements through regional cooperation in a bid to carry out a more efficient campaign against drugs.
Eastern Iran borders Afghanistan, which is the world's number one opium and drug producer. Iran's geographical position has made the country a favorite transit corridor for drug traffickers who intend to smuggle their cargoes from Afghanistan to drug dealers in Europe.
Iran spends billions of dollars and has lost thousands of its police troops in the war against traffickers. Owing to its rigid efforts, Iran makes 85 percent of the world's total opium seizures and has turned into the leading country in drug campaign.
"The equipments and possibilities which are needed for campaign against drugs and provided by the international community for Iran are insignificant, " Najjar, who is also Iran's Interior Minister, said in a meeting with Executive-Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yuri Fedotov here in Tehran today.
"These aids and assistances have so far been little, and rather symbolic," he reiterated, and called on the international community to boost its support for Iran's anti-narcotics efforts.
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.
Najjar further noted the tripartite cooperation among Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan against drug-trafficking in the region, and stated, "We are ready to expand regional cooperation with the other countries in the campaign against narcotics."
Also during the meeting, Najjar and Fedotov discussed regional and international cooperation and agreed to work out better arrangements through regional cooperation in a bid to carry out a more efficient campaign against drugs.
Eastern Iran borders Afghanistan, which is the world's number one opium and drug producer. Iran's geographical position has made the country a favorite transit corridor for drug traffickers who intend to smuggle their cargoes from Afghanistan to drug dealers in Europe.
Iran spends billions of dollars and has lost thousands of its police troops in the war against traffickers. Owing to its rigid efforts, Iran makes 85 percent of the world's total opium seizures and has turned into the leading country in drug campaign.
