U.N. anti-drugs chief praises Iran fight despite executions

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U.N. anti-drugs chief praises Iran fight despite executions

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-anti-drugs-chief-praises-iran-fight-112552583.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/i3pPar4nQj6UBEljjwPljQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-11T112552Z_1_CBREA2A0VR800_RTROPTP_2_AFGHANISTAN-DRUGS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov,speaks during a press conference in Kabul" align="left" title="UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov,speaks during a press conference in Kabul" border="0" /></a>The U.N. anti-drugs chief has praised Iran's fight against narcotics trafficking despite what human rights groups describe as a surge in executions in the country, many of people convicted of drug-related offences. Yury Fedotov, executive director of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), said the Vienna-based agency opposes the death penalty and he planned to raise the issue again with Iranian officials later this week. &quot;But on the other side, Iran takes a very active role to fight against illicit drugs,&quot; he told reporters before a international meeting in Vienna on March 13-14 on global efforts to combat narcotics. In 2012, Iran seized 388 metric tons of opium, the equivalent of 72 percent of all such seizures around the world.</p><br clear="all"/>

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