Tehran, YJC. Rahmani Fazli has said that terrorist groups are largely funded from illegal drugs.
The Iranian Interior Minister Abdoreza Rahmani Fazli
speaking at a meeting on Tuesday said that terrorist groups are funded to a
great extent from the smuggling of illegal drugs.
He noted that Iran is neighbor to the world’s biggest
narcotics producer and said "In the year 92 [2013-14] 210 thousand hectares of
land was under narcotics agriculture which lead to the production of 7 thousand
tons of opium worth $68 billion.”
Stating that the agriculture of narcotics in Afghanistan is
supported by terrorist groups he added "We are seeing that the benefit gained
from the agriculture of narcotics in Afghanistan feeds many terrorist groups. Aids
going to the ISIS also come from the benefits gained from the smuggling of
narcotics. The group are themselves smugglers of narcotics.”
Pointing to the records of Iranian police fighting the trafficking
of drugs he said "Last year 573 tons of narcotics from different kinds were
discovered in our country. On an average scale the discovery rate is around 1.5
tons per day while we believe that the same amount is also consumed inside the
country.”