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Kabul: Eskandar Momeni, Secretary-General of the Islamic Republic’s Drug Control Headquarters, has stated that drug smuggling from Afghanistan to Iran has increased by 20%. This rise has been determined by the detection of drugs and the surge of methamphetamine from Afghanistan into Iran. According to the ISNA news agency’s report on Friday, Momeni made these remarks while visiting Vienna, Austria, to participate in the 67th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. He noted, “There has been no significant alteration in the quantity of drugs entering the country from Afghanistan.”
Following their rise to power in 2021, the Taliban prohibited the cultivation, purchase, and sale of narcotics. Despite this, the group periodically announces the seizure of narcotics within Afghan provinces.
The head of Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters had previously relayed statements from the Taliban indicating that narcotics production in Afghanistan has facilitated an increase in smuggling into Iran. He cited Taliban officials as stating, “The narcotics that are currently being smuggled are the ones which had been stored, and we anticipate a decrease of up to 90% in drug trafficking once these stores are depleted.”
