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Tehran, Iran
Tehran , population 7,160,094, and a land area of 658 square
kilometers, is the capital city of Iran and the center of
Tehran Province.
More than half of the country's industry is based there.
Industries include the manufacturing of cars, electronics
and electrical equipment, military weaponry, textiles, sugar,
cement, and chemical products. It is also a leading center
for the sale of carpets and furniture.
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Mass Arrests of Drug Users in Iran
1/21/05
Iranian police have arrested more than 50,000 people
for drug use in Greater Teheran alone in the past nine months,
according to the head of the Office to Combat Narcotics in
the city. Thousands more have been arrested in the city of
Mashad, he said in an interview with a state-run news agency
last week.
"A large proportion of those in custody, who comprise
people from different sectors of society, are between 25 and
30 years of age," said the anti-drug official, Major
Ghodratollah Mahmoudi. "These individuals were arrested
in different districts in Tehran and the majority of them
used opium, cannabis, and heroin and only a small percentage
used cocaine, morphine, and other narcotics," he said.
Mahmoudi added that cannabis use was increasingly popular
among people between the ages of 18 and 35.
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Mahmoudi said the amount of illicit drugs seized
from users in the last nine months in Teheran was more than
1,500 pounds. He added that this figure was separate from
the much larger amount of drugs "discovered in the hands
of drug lords." With a long history of opium use, Iran
is a key transit point for opium and heroin flooding out of
Afghanistan, as well as a final destination for some of it.
According to Mahmoudi, citing government figures, the number
of illicit drug users in Iran totals some seven million out
of a population of slightly more than 70 million. While there
have been some indications in recent years that Iranian authorities
are seeking alternative means of dealing with drug use, such
as forced drug treatment, Mahmoudi's announcement clearly
indicates that the Iranian war on drugs and drug users grinds
on.
Source:http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/371/iran.shtml
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