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Wed, 07/27/2011 - 13:06
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UNODC Vows to Provide Iran with New Anti-Drug Possibilities
TEHRAN (FNA)- Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Antonio De Leo said that the office plans to supply new means and possibilities to Iran to assist the country with the campaign against narcotics.
"We have certain plans to provide Iran with new equipments for fighting narcotics," De Leo told FNA on Wednesday.
He added that the UN office has supplied body scanners, drug detecting kits and drug catalysts to Iran in the past few years and plans to continue its assistance programs in Iran in the future.
Earlier this month, Executive Director of the UNODC Yuri Fedotov called on all the world countries to increase their assistance and cooperation with Iran's campaign against illicit drugs and drug-trafficking.
"World countries should cooperate in the campaign against drugs in a bid to help Iran win success," Fedotov said after visiting Iran's Eastern borders.
He hailed Iran's positive measures in the fight against narcotics, and said, "Iran's activities in this regard cannot be ignored and I pay tribute to the martyrs killed and those disabled in the combat against drugs."
Also in a meeting with Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Fedotov said at the time 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.
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.
"We have certain plans to provide Iran with new equipments for fighting narcotics," De Leo told FNA on Wednesday.
He added that the UN office has supplied body scanners, drug detecting kits and drug catalysts to Iran in the past few years and plans to continue its assistance programs in Iran in the future.
Earlier this month, Executive Director of the UNODC Yuri Fedotov called on all the world countries to increase their assistance and cooperation with Iran's campaign against illicit drugs and drug-trafficking.
"World countries should cooperate in the campaign against drugs in a bid to help Iran win success," Fedotov said after visiting Iran's Eastern borders.
He hailed Iran's positive measures in the fight against narcotics, and said, "Iran's activities in this regard cannot be ignored and I pay tribute to the martyrs killed and those disabled in the combat against drugs."
Also in a meeting with Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Fedotov said at the time 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.
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.
