Vienna, March 18, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif here Tuesday met on the sidelines of the nuclear talks with the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yury Fedotov. The UN official hailed Iran?s active efforts to combat narcotics, pointing out Iran had seized 388 tons of opium in 2012. According ...

In 2012, Iran seized 388 tonnes of opium, the equivalent of 72 percent of all such seizures around the world. The U.N. anti-drugs chief has praised Iran's fight against narcotics trafficking despite what human rights groups describe as a surge in executions in the country, many of people convicted of drug-related offences. Yury Fedotov, executive ...