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TEHRAN: A senior Iranian official has threatened to allow the transit of illegal drugs through its territory to Europe should the West continue criticizing the Islamic nation’s human rights record.
Mohammad Javad Larijani also defended Iran’s record on fighting the drug trafficking, noting that 74 percent of executions in Iran are related to drug offenses.
The comments by Larijani, who is the head of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights, were posted on the Iranian judiciary’s website Saturday.
Iran lies on a major drug route between Afghanistan and Europe and authorities regularly confiscate large amounts of drugs from traffickers, mainly opium and heroin.
Every year Iran burns some 66 tons of seized narcotics to signal its determination to fight drugs.
Mohammad Javad Larijani also defended Iran’s record on fighting the drug trafficking, noting that 74 percent of executions in Iran are related to drug offenses.
The comments by Larijani, who is the head of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights, were posted on the Iranian judiciary’s website Saturday.
Iran lies on a major drug route between Afghanistan and Europe and authorities regularly confiscate large amounts of drugs from traffickers, mainly opium and heroin.
Every year Iran burns some 66 tons of seized narcotics to signal its determination to fight drugs.
