The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan warned further increase of illicit opiate cultivation and production in Afghanistan

TEHRAN, 21 February 2015 - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, visiting Iran, met with Drug Control Headquarters Acting Secretary General, Dr. Alireza Jazini, on Saturday.Mr. Haysom expressed the year 2014 the worst year due to increase of illicit po... Read more ...

Interior Minister: Iran Pioneering Fight against Drug Trafficking

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli underlined the country's efforts and pioneering role in campaign against illicit drugs, and said Iran is in war on drugs on behalf of other world nations.Rahmani Fazli, also Secretary-General of Iran's Drug Campaign Council, made the ... Read more ...

UNODC Hails Iran's Unique Efforts in Anti-Drug Campaign

 Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yury Fedotov voiced the UN body's pleasure in the unparalleled efforts made by Iran in its massive campaign against drug trafficking all throughout the past decades."No country in the world can compete with Iran when ... Read more ...

Iran ready to replace poppy cultivation in Afghanistan

  Interior Minister and Secretary General of Drug Control Headquarters (DCH) Abdorrahman Rahmani Fazli said Iran is ready to help Afghanistan to replace poppy cultivation with alternative crops.Speaking to reporters on Monday on the sidelines of a meeting of anti-drugs officials of regional co... Read more ...

Minister says drugs trafficking threatens sustainable development

  Interior Minister and Secretary General of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters (DCH) Abdorrahman Rahmani Fazli said narcotics trafficking is a threat to the sustainable development of all regional countries.Addressing the opening of a meeting of anti-drugs officials of regional countries here o... Read more ...

Iran, Afghanistan sign joint border agreement

In the third meeting of Border Guard Commanders of Iran and Afghanistan held in the Afghan city of Nimrouz, a joint border agreement was signed.Commander of Iranˈs Border Guards Brigadier General Qassem Rezaei accompanied by borader guards commanders of provinces neighboring Afghanistan, including S... Read more ...

World community supports fight against drug-trafficking: Official

Islamabad, Jan 28, IRNA – Deputy Secretary-General of Iran's Headquarter for fight against drug-trafficking said on Wednesday that world community must help carry out development plans to support livelihood in Afghanistan and  In the regional meeting of combat against drug-trafficking, hoste... Read more ...

Iran frontrunner in anti-drug fight: Pakistan

Islamabad, Jan 27, IRNA – Director General of Pakistani Anti-Narcotics Force Maj. Gen. Khawar Hanif said on Tuesday that Iran is the frontrunner of the campaign against drug-trafficking.In an exclusive interview with IRNA, Hanif said Iran has paid heavy financial and human costs in the fight again... Read more ...

DCHQ & NMAMA Negotiating In Afghan Opiate

On 12 January 2015: Director General of the International Relations Office of Drug Control Headquarters (DCHQ), Ambassador Mahmoud Bayat met Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in Iran, Mr. Sergiy Sobistiyanskyy.Director General of the International Relations Office of DCHQ, b... Read more ...

Iran and Afghanistan boosts media campaign on drug prevention

7 January 2015- DCHQ Acting Secretary General Dr. Jazini met with visiting deputy of the Ministry Of Information And Culture Of Afghanistan, Ms. Simin Hassan Zadeh on 5 January 2015.During this meeting they discussed how to enhance the long-standing relationship between I.R. Iran and Afghanistan o... Read more ...

Iran called the world community for implementation of their commitments on world drug problem, based on the principle of shared responsibility

16December 2014: The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) held in Tehran to review the progress made under the priorities Areas IV (Natural Disaster management) and V (Drug Prevention and Control). Officer in charge of UNODC– Tehran, Mr. Moradi, ma... Read more ...

Norwegian Ambassador Visits Chitgar Women Drug Therapeutic Centre

14 December 2014 – H.E. Mrs .Norheim AudLise, the Norwegian Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran and Mr .Leik Boonwaat, UNODC Representative in the Islamic Republic of Iran paid a visit to the Women Drug Therapeutic Centre affiliated with the Rebirth Society located in Chitgar Area of Tehran... Read more ...

Rouhani hopes unity process would remove violence in Afghanistan

  President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday welcomed taking office of the national unity government in Afghanistan and hoped the unity process would lead to removal of terror and violence in the country and bring about stability, prosperity and growth instead. Rouhani made the remarks in a meeting ... Read more ...

Iran-Russia signs Joint Action Plan

Iranian Minister of Interior and DCHQ Secretary General, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli who visit Russia, while criticizing the negligence toward the world drug problem by of some countries, emphasized on international will for tangible achievements. DCHQ Secretary General at a meeting with Ivanov, ... Read more ...

Iran joins quadrilateral anti-narcotics campaign

Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mahdi Sanaei said Monday that Iran has joined the quadrilateral campaign against narcotic drugs.Iranian Minister of Interior Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli who is in Russia has voiced Tehran's readiness to join the campaign, Sanaei wrote in a post on his Facebook page. The f... Read more ...

Participation in special session for permeation of UNGASS special session

DCHQ Deputy for Administrative, Financial and Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. .Najib Hussaini, participating in the special preparatory session for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGASS) 2016, in an exclusive interview with the Islamic Republic News Agency - IRNA point out the world drug problem ... Read more ...

UNODC letters of appreciation

UNODC Deputy Executive Director, Mr. Aldo lale Demoz, participating in the fourth meeting of the Special Intelligence and the eleventh meeting of senior officials' Triangular Initiative held on 20-21 October 2014, in Tehran, emphasized that the achievements of the Islamic republic of Iran in the f... Read more ...

Interior minister to visit Moscow to discuss anti-drug cooperation

Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli is to depart for Moscow on Sunday to discuss anti-drugs cooperation.He is taking the visit at the official invitation of head of the Russian federal bureau to monitor illegal narcotics activities. During his two-day stay, He will also discuss the world anti... Read more ...

The forty-nine session of the Sub commission on Illicit Drug traffic

The forty-nine session of the Sub commission on Illicit Drug traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East was held in Vienna from 10 to 13 November 2014. A representative of UNODC made an opening statement on behalf of the executive director. The following states members of the Sub... Read more ...

Closing Conference of the Project on “Fight Against Trafficking from/to Afghanistan”

  The Closing Conference of the EU-funded Project on “Fight against Trafficking from/to Afghanistan” was held on 17-18 November 2014 at the Secretariat of the Economic Cooperation Organization in Tehran. The Event was attended by Ambassadors and high level officials from  from Afghanistan... Read more ...

11th Senior Officials Meeting of the Triangular Initiative in Tehran – 20-21 October 2014

the 4 th Counter Narcotics Intelligence and the 11 th Senior Officials Meetings (SOM) Under the Triangular Initiative (TI),were held in Tehran from the 20 th and 21th of October 2014. The Triangular Initiative is an action plan that commenced in 2003 to enhance counter-narcotics enforcement cooper... Read more ...

Steering Committee Meeting Regional Programme for Afghanistan and Neighboring countries: RERV09- Sub-programme 3: "Prevention and Treatment of Addiction among Vulnerable Groups”

The meeting commenced on 24 August 2014, at the DCHQ by introducing the new coordinator of the regional programme welcoming him by Ambassador mahmood Bayat Director General of International Relations office of the DCHQ The meeting was continued by reviewing the below envisaged activities under the... Read more ...

Director General for International Relations of the DCHQ, Mr. Ambassador Bayat met Danish Institute for International Studies, Ms. Janne Bjerre Christensen

Tehran, 8 October 2014- Director General for International Relations of the DCHQ, Mr. Ambassador Bayat met Danish Institute for International Studies, Ms. Janne Bjerre Christensen, reviewing the current situation of afghan originating opiate and the fact that the fight against illegal opiate and r... Read more ...

Envoy: Global will needed in anti-narcotics campaign

New York, Oct 14, IRNA – Narcotic drugs trafficking is the broadest and the most lucrative organized crime and campaign against it is in need of international cooperation and intensive efforts, Iran’s ambassador and head of permanent representative office said here Monday. “The Islamic Republic o... Read more ...

Summit of Leaders of the Caspian Sea Littoral States kicks off

Moscow, Sept 29, IRNA – The 4th Summit of Leaders of the Caspian Sea Littoral States opened in the Russian port city of Astrakhan Monday afternoon.The summit is being held with participation of the heads of state of all the five Caspian Sea littoral countries – Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenist... Read more ...