UN Chief terms cooperation as key to address world drug problem

    United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 26 June 2020, said cooperation, reliable data and evidence-based action are just as vital to addressing the many challenges posed by the world drug prob... Read more ...

Iran seizes largest narcotics despite US sanctions on equipment: Envoy

      Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharibabadi said on Saturday that Iran has been discovering and seizing the largest amount of narcotics, despite US sanctions on equipment to intercept the contraband. At the ... Read more ...

US sanctions, politicization affecting intl. coop. in fight against drug trafficking: Lotfi

    Director-General of International Relations Office of Drug Control Headquarters of Iran said that the US sanctions, politicization, and selective approach have adversely affected the concept of international cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking. Being a neighbor to th... Read more ...

UN hails Iran's fight against drugs

    United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Office in Tehran hailed Iran's efforts to participate in the global fight against narcotics, saying that the office tries to elevate the level of cooperation with Iran in this area. Alexander Fedulov, UNODC's representative in Tehran,... Read more ...

Iran anti-narcotic measures unrivaled in world

  Head of anti-drug committee says that the anti-narcotic campaign being carried out by the Islamic Republic of Iran Police is unrivaled in the world. General Qassem Rezaei made the remarks on Tuesday in his address to a meeting held through a video conference marking International Day Agai... Read more ...

Iran, Pakistan vow to make anti-narcotics joint mechanism more effective

      Senior officials of Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan during a meeting in Vienna have vowed to make anti-narcotics joint mechanism more effective.   Pakistan’s Minister for Narcotics Control Shehryar Khan Afridi met with Secretary of Iran’s Drug Control Headquarte... Read more ...

Int'l coop on combating narcotic drugs unsatisfactory: official

  Secretary of Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters Eskandar Momeni said on Wednesday that cooperation in the world on fighting against narcotic drugs is unsatisfactory. He made the remarks on the sidelines of the 63rd Session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna... Read more ...

Iran ready to help Afghanistan replace poppy cultivation

  Secretary of Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters Brigadier-General Eskandar Momeni said on Tuesday that Iran is ready to help Afghanistan carry out joint development projects and replace poppy cultivation. Momeni made the remarks during a meeting with Afghanistan’s deputy interior minister ... Read more ...

New UNODC chief addresses Commission on Narcotic Drugs, calls for unity in tackling diverse drug challenges

     The 63rd session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) began today with a call for concrete progress in strengthening responses to the world drug problem. Ghada Waly addressed the Commission for the first time as Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC... Read more ...

Iran has least int'l support in fight against drug trafficking

    Secretary-General of Iran Drug Control Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni said on Monday that Iran has the least international support in fight against drug narcotics and is practically engaged in a dual struggle, namely countering drug trafficking, evil and terrorism, ... Read more ...

Iran participates in 63rd session of UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

  The 63rd session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs started in M-Building of Vienna International Center with participation of the secretary of Iran Drug Control Headquarters on Monday. Brigadier-General Eskandar Momeni is to deliver a speech in the conference, said Iran's Ambassador and... Read more ...

Iran to attend 63rd CND meeting in Vienna

The 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) is to be kicked off in the presence of Iranian delegation in Vienna on Monday. Secretary of Iran Drug Control Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni heading a delegation left Tehran for Austria to attend the meeting. ... Read more ...

Iran, China form joint counter-narcotics committee

  Beijing, Jan 16, IRNA – Iran and China have set up a committee on better coordination for drug prevention and drug treatment services and also fighting narcotics activities, a senior Iranian official said on Thursday. Secretary of Iran Drug Control Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar ... Read more ...

Head of Drug Control Headquarters meets Chinese Customs official

  Beijing, Jan 15, IRNA - The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters, Eskandar Momeni, who is visiting China at the invitation of the Chinese Minister of Public Security, met with Deputy Head of Chinese Customs Xu Wei in Beijing on Wednesday. During the meeting, th... Read more ...

Head of Iran's Drug Control HQ visits Chinese centers

  Beijing, JAN 14, IRNA – Head of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni, who visited China at the invitation of the Chinese Minister of Public Security, visited several drug-related centers in Beijing on Tuesday. According to IRNA, General Momeni and his accompany... Read more ...

China ready to cooperate with Iran in the fight against Narcotics

  Beijing, Jan 14, IRNA – Chinese State Councilor Zhao Kezhi, also chief of the National Narcotics Control Commission said that China is ready to cooperate and engage with Iran in countering and combating Narcotics. Zhao Kezhi on Tuesday in a meeting with Eskandar Momeni Secretary general of ... Read more ...

Iran, China discuss expansion of anti-narcotics coop

  TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – In a meeting between Head of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters (DCH) Eskandar Momeni and Chinese State Councilor Zhao Kezhi in China, the two sides explored avenues of enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the fight against illicit drugs. Momeni arrived... Read more ...

Iran, China call for combating drug trafficking

Tehran, Jan 13, IRNA – Secretary-General of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters Eskandar Momeni conferred with the Minister of China's Public Security Zhao Kezhi on fighting against drug trafficking on Monday. The Iranian official made the remarks in a meeting with China's top-ranking officials in Bei... Read more ...

300% rise in ice seizure during nine months of the current year

  The spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters has said that the total amount of drug seizures during nine months of the current year stood at 713 tons. He added that ice constituted one percent of the said figure indicating 332 percent increase compared to a sim... Read more ...

Official: Iran Seizes 12,000 tons of Illicit Drugs in 4 Decades

  Secretary General of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni announced that 12,000 tons of trafficked narcotics have been discovered and seized in the country in the past 40 years, a major portion of which is destined for Europe. "3,300km of different physical a... Read more ...

Over 550 tons of illicit drugs seized in Iran in 7 months

  The anti-narcotics police of Iran have busted a total of 550 tons of different types of illicit drugs in the past seven months up to October 22, according to Head of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters. Eskandar Momeni said in a press conference in Zahedan on Sunday that more than 550 tons ... Read more ...

Iran seized major part of drugs while they were transited to western states

  Secretary-General of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters Eskandar Momeni said on Tuesday that over 800 tons of drugs were seized last year, major portion of which was while confronting transit of narcotics to western states. In a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Iran Chang Hua late on ... Read more ...

Iran, Slovakia discuss cooperation on narcotics combat

Head of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters (DCH) Eskandar Momeni and President of Slovakian Police Force conferred on cooperation on fighting against narcotics in a meeting in Vienna.   Underlining the role of Iran, regarding first, its adjacency with Afghanistan that produces 90 percent of na... Read more ...

Iran, Austria vow to broaden cooperation in anti-drug fight

Secretary-General of Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters said that during the meeting with the Austrian Police Chief Commander, the two sides stressed on the development of mutual cooperation in the field of narcotics. Eskandar Momeni on Tuesday, on the sideline of his visit to Vienna, elaborated on t... Read more ...

Iran, UN sign MoU on opening center to cure narcotics disorders

  Iran and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed MoU on creating regional center aiming to promote the capacity to cure disorders caused by narcotics. The MoU was signed by Secretary-General of Iran's Anti-Narcotics Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni. Speaking i... Read more ...