In Iran, Drug Trafficking Soars As Sanctions Take Bigger Bite -- Washington Post
TURKAN, Azerbaijan — Even as Western sanctions ravage their economy, some Iranians are reaping a cash harvest from an unexpected source: a booming illicit drug industry that law enforcement officials say is producing record quantities of a powerful synthetic drug.
The surge in drug trafficking from a country with one of the world’s highest rates of opium addiction has alarmed police and intelligence officials from Europe to Southeast Asia, where authorities say they are witnessing a flood of high-quality methamphetamine of Iranian origin.
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My Comment: Iran has one of the worst addiction rates in the world .... you would think that getting involved in the manufacture and distribution of synthetic drugs would be the last thing that they would do. But Iran is a 'black hole' in the global anti-narcotics campaign, and who knows what some members in their government may actually be doing.
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