INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
their support in dealing with narcotics.The international community's support for the anti-narcotics police is very little against the
massive amount of drug threats, Nosratollah Barin, the deputy chief of the anti-narcotics police, said.He made the remarks in a meeting with
Aikawa Kazutoshi, the Japanese ambassador, and Alexander Fedulov, the UNODC representative, in Tehran on Tuesday, ISNA reported.On the
sidelines of the meeting, drug detection equipment provided by UNODC and Japan was delivered to the Iranian police.The provision of modern
the widespread contribution of all countries.He went on to say, "Japan praises Iran's efforts in this regard and continuously supports its
fight against illegal drugs."The UNODC official also praised Iran's notable achievements and measures in the fight against drugs
He pointed out that being equipped with technical assistance and drug-sniffing dogs, the anti-narcotics police will be able to play a key
due to its location on the European transit route of Afghan drugs.The fight against narcotics is very expensive due to the complexity of the
mafia level of this business, a cost that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been paying alone for years despite the support claims of the
international community.On average, more than 90 percent of opium discoveries, 27 percent of heroin discoveries, and 59 percent of morphine
discoveries in the world are made by Iran, he said, adding that some 716 tons of narcotics were discovered and seized in the past Iranian
calendar year (March 2022-March 2023).The flow of narcotics into Iran has decreased by about 15 percent over the past four years, Eskandar
Momeni, the secretary general of the Iranian anti-narcotics headquarters, has said.The impact of dismantling the financial foundations of
occupation of Afghanistan by NATO and the United States.Therefore, the smuggling of narcotics has increased almost 50 times, that is, from
gangs were dismantled by Iran in the year 2022.Momeni signed a memorandum of understanding with Ghada Fathi Waly, the director general of
the UNODC on the sidelines of the 66th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) that was held in Vienna from March
