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Tag: drug trafficking
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Iran Tries to Abolish Death Penalty for trafficking as it Wrestles with Rising Drug Charges
Iranian parliament’s Judicial Commission spokesperson has announced that this commission has agreed with a proposal to reduce death penalty to 30 years in prison…
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Anti-drug chief outlines dimensions of Iran’s addiction problem
Ali Moayedi, the head of police counter-narcotics operations, says 340,000 arrests were made in connection with drug charges in the past year. Speaking on…
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Judiciary confirms severity of drug crimes
The spokesman for the Iranian judiciary announced on Sunday that drug charges will continue to attract heavy penalties. At a press conference on August…
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Minister criticized for saying drug money used in elections
Iran’s interior minister has been accused of :disturbing public minds” by a member of the parliament’s National Security Commission because the minister said this…
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Minister warns of illegal drug profits financing election campaigns
Iran’s Interior Minister says “dirty money from drug trafficking” in Iran now amounts to 10 trillion toumans a year, some of which has been…