Islamabad, Oct 24, IRNA Pakistan interior minister's special envoy for drug affairs Mohammad Hafeez heading a delegation departed for Tehran to attend international conference on drug trafficking. The top Pakistani drug official's agenda includes talks with the heads of Iran's anti-drug headquarters, coordination between the two countries' law ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region The number of drug addicts is growing in Iran and universities should teach compulsory courses against narcotics abuse, the countrys deputy chief of combating narcotics said. Alireza Jazini, second in command of Irans Unit of Combating Drugs, said Sunday that students responding to a survey had replied that most had began ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian official announced that the country's Eastern borders will be fully sealed in the coming months to make any sneaking by drug traffickers impossible. "Nearly all borders of the country have been sealed off and only a small portion of the Southeastern borders is left, which will be sealed off in the coming months to prevent ...

[caption id="attachment_94110" align="alignright" width="207"] Handcuffed suspects sit on the ground after officers arrest and detain suspected drug users and dealers during a sweep in a southern neighborhood of Tehran, April 7, 2009. (photo by REUTERS/Jamejam Online/Chavosh Homavandi)[/caption] TEHRAN, Iran Babak Dinparast, the Deputy for Treatment ...