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 ...

Iran alarmed by growth of industrial drug output in Afghanistan

Secretary-General of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters Eskandar Momeni said on Tuesday that Iran has been alarmed by growth of industrial drug of methamphetamine output in Afghanistan. If nothing is done about that, the regional and Western countries will be badly harmed, Eskandar Momeni said, add... Read more ...

Iran to sign MoU with UN on curing narcotics disorders

  Secretary-General of Iran's Anti-Narcotics Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni, heading a high-profile delegation, arrived in Vienna to sign MoU with UN on creating a cluster office on research to cure disorders resulted by narcotics. The MoU is supposed to be signed at the UN E... Read more ...

Head of drug control HQ to leave for Vienna on Sunday

  Head of Drug Control Headquarters (DCH), Eskandar Momeni, will leave Tehran for Vienna on Sunday to have an MOU signed between Iran and the UN. As reported, the MOU focuses on establishing a regional center for capacity building and conducting investigations to promote drug rehabilitation... Read more ...

Press conference of Head of Drug Control Headquarters

 The press conference of Head of Drug Control Headquarters, Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni, was held on Saturday August 17 in Tehran. During the press conference Brigadier General Momeni said, “Nearly 70 percent of prisoners have been captured due to drug-related issues”. ... Read more ...

Above 10 tons of drugs seized in a week

A deputy from Iran Drug Control Headquarters announced on Tuesday that, above 10 tons of psychotropics and drugs have been seized in 20 provinces across Iran in a period from August 15 to August 22, 2019. As Naser Aslani said, of the total amount of the seized drugs (10,095 kilograms) some 89 perc... Read more ...

Envoy terms sanctions as threat to fighting transnational crimes

    US unilateral and illegal sanctions on Iran have posed major threats to fighting transnational organized crimes such as narcotic drug-trafficking. Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations Kazem Gharibabadi said. Gharibabadi made ... Read more ...

Rouhani attends meeting on fight against narcotics

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took part in a meeting on fight against narcotics on Tuesday, where he called the issue a national duty and urged all affiliated bodies to take serious anti-narcotics measures to combat addiction and smuggling drugs into the country. The Iranian President ca... Read more ...

US sanctions affecting UN contributions to Iran's fight against narcotics

Head of Iranian Anti-Narcotics Police said Monday that US sanctions have affected the UN help to Iran in the fight against illegal drugs. Speaking to Mehr correspondent on Monday, Head of Iranian Anti-Narcotics Police, Brigadier General Masoud Zahedian said after the International Day against Dru... Read more ...

Saving society, young from addiction a national duty/ All organs have heavy duty in fighting drugs

President at the session of Drug Control Headquarters: Saving society, young from addiction a national duty/ All organs have heavy duty in fighting drugs/ Preventing drug trafficking, fighting drug trafficking gangs essential President appreciated all people working in drug control agencies an... Read more ...

300 tons of illicit drugs seized in 4 months

Iranian anti-narcotics forces have seized a total of 300,000 kilograms of different illegal drugs since the beginning of the current fiscal year (March 21). Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari broke the news on Monday, saying that during this year's operations, close to 450 drug-traffi... Read more ...

Iran responsible for over 70% drugs busts in world: police chief

Head of Iranian Anti-Narcotics Police said Sunday that Iran is responsible for over 70 percent of illicit drug busts in the world. Speaking at a regional working group meeting on prevention of industrial drug precursors, Head of Iranian Anti-Narcotics Police, Brigadier General Masoud Zahedian sai... Read more ...

UN, Iran successfully raising drug awareness among females: Envoy

United Nations in cooperation with Iran is determined to continue the implementation of a successful project specially designed to raise awareness of young females on illegal drugs abuse in the country, an official said on Wednesday. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Representa... Read more ...