MEMBERS of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps have seized control of drug trafficking throughout the Islamic Republic, using the multi-billion-dollar trade to establish links with a global crime network and further its goal of undermining the West, former regime officials say.
Despite executing hundreds of people each year for drug trafficking and possession, Iran’s hardline stand against narcotics conceals a lucrative business smuggling heroin, opium and methamphetamine, spearheaded by the guards, the supposed defenders of the Islamic Revolution.
Source: The Australian