TEHRAN-- The bill on combating and avoiding narcotics will be submitted to the Majlis (Iranian parliament) in the coming days, said Eskander Momeni, secretary general of the anti-narcotics headquarters.The costs was sent out to the federal government from the judiciary and will be sent out to the parliament as quickly as possible by the presidents decree, he discussed, ISNA reported.He went on to state that the nation has actually utilized all its capacities to eliminate against drug smuggling, focusing on three techniques targeted and clever fight, useful steps, focus on borders, and usage of modern-day equipment.The result of the methods has actually been an increase in seizing the monetary properties of smugglers, a decrease in martyrs of anti-narcotics missions, a boost in casualties and wrongdoers, and an increase in discoveries, he even more stated.Narcotics seizureIran holds the record for narcotics confiscation worldwide, Eskander Momeni, secretary general of the Anti-Narcotics Headquarters stated in December 2021.
Fantastic achievements in the field of countermeasures have actually been gotten, and the United Nations has officially announced that 90 percent of opium, 48 percent of morphine, and 26 percent of world heroin have been found by Iran.The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime attaches unique importance to the regional and international function of Iran in the battle against narcotics and, as a leading United Nations company, Alexander Fedulov, UNODC Iran Country Representative, said in June.In the Iranian calendar year ended in March 2021, about 1,200 loads of drugs were found, which was the highest rate of discovery in the world.Despite the conditions triggered by the coronavirus outbreak and the imposition of harsh sanctions against the country, thankfully, with the efforts of anti-narcotics cops in 2020, drug detection increased by 41 percent.After the Islamic Revolution (in 1979), more than 3,800 have been martyred, and 12,000 injured and disabled in the battle against drug trafficking.The UNODC has applauded Irans efforts to battle against narcotics trafficking on the occasion of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.The organization also formally announced that the worlds first location in the discovery of opium, heroin, and morphine belongs to Iran.According to UNODC, Iran remains one of the major transit paths for drug trafficking from Afghanistan to European countries and has had a leading function at the worldwide level in drug-control campaigns.UNODC World Drug Report 2020 quotes that in 2018, 91 percent of the worlds opium, 48 percent of the worlds morphine, and 26 percent of the worlds heroin were taken by Iran.FB/ MG