The dwindling patches of common ground between Tehran and the West - a 560 mile long stretch of dikes and trenches along Afghan border - may soon look desolate. This would be the dream-turn-true situation for the international drug lords of Afghanistan. Since Iran has repeatedly refused to back off from its uranium enrichment program, it is time to break the deadlock. Under the twist-or-break-arm tactics, European Union is now considering to link the fight against drug menace to making Iran uranium-free.
Prez Mahmoud Ahmedinejad’s love of rhetoric supported by an unflinching support of the Islamic clerics only now can be seen as a grave threat to the ambition of a drugs-free world. Without western assistance Iran would not be able to fund its fight against drug lords. A ‘heroin tsunami’ in Europe is predicted by none other than United Nations Organization. Going by official revelations, 900 tons of narcotics were seized in the Iran-Afghanistan border area last year - a whopping 80 percent of total opium seized worldwide.
However, it is still not sure whether it can really be implemented as Washington has praised Iran’s anti-drug steps. The Iranian fight against drug cartels has cost it the lives of more than 3,500 officers in clashes with heavily armed drug traffickers. It has definitely earned Iran many credit points. Roberto Arbitrio, head of the U.N. drugs and crime office in Iran, said the war on drugs should be viewed as ‘a non-political area of mutual interest.’
This credit can not be discounted by any European country as they are the most vulnerable ones to drug abuse.
Source : Fox News
