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TEHRAN, Jun 12 - Secretary-General of Iran’s Anti-Narcotics Headquarters said according to United Nations statistics, Iran seizes 75 percent of the world’s illicit opium.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Tehran on Tuesday, Secretary-General of Iran’s Anti-Narcotics Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni highlighted Iran’s major role in the global campaign on illicit drugs and said, “According to United Nations statistics 61% of morphine seizures and 17% of heroin seizures also take place in the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Momeni said that despite the US sanctions’ negative impact on the Islamic Republic’s campaign on illicit drugs, the country captures 800 tons of narcotics each year, adding that the Islamic Republic is combating “this sinister phenomenon” with all its might, Tasnim news agency reported.
“In 2017, Iran seized 21 tons of heroin while only about 4 tons of the illicit drugs were captured in entire Europe”, he noted.
Brigadier General Momeni went on to say that other countries can also fight illicit drugs more potently but they do not do so.
“The Islamic Republic, however, is strongly combatting the phenomenon despite the fact that sanctions imposed against the country are hampering its campaign”, he stated.
Momeni continued: “Iran, which has a 900-kilometer common border with Afghanistan, has been used as the main conduit for smuggling Afghan drugs to narcotics kingpins in Europe.
He stressed that despite high economic and human costs, the Islamic Republic has been actively fighting drug-trafficking over the past decades.
“The country has spent more than $700 million on sealing its borders and preventing the transit of narcotics destined for European, Arab and Central Asian countries,” said Momeni.
He concluded: “The war on drug trade originating from Afghanistan has claimed the lives of nearly 4,000 Iranian police officers over the past four decades.”
Recently, general Momeni slammed some Western countries for their lack of cooperation with the Islamic Republic in the fight against illicit drugs.
Source: Iran Press from Tasnim
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