Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Tehran on Tuesday, Brigadier General Momeni highlighted Iran’s major role in the global campaign on illicit drugs and said, “According to United Nations statistics, 75 percent of the world’s opium seizures, 61% of morphine seizures and 17% of heroin seizures take place in the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

In 2017, Iran seized 21 tons of heroin while only about 4 tons of the illicit drugs were captured in entire Europe, he noted.

The official said that annually, 800 tons of narcotics are captured in Iran, adding that the Islamic Republic is combating “this sinister phenomenon” with all its might.

Brigadier General Momeni went on to say that other countries can also fight illicit drugs more powerfully but they do not do so.

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