Islamic State makes up to $1 billion on drug trafficking — Russian drug control service

MOSCOW, 6 March. /TASS/. The Islamic State terrorist group makes up to $1 billion on drug traffic through its territory, head of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) Viktor Ivanov said on Friday.

"The area of poppy plantations is growing. This year, I think, we’ll hear news about record-high poppy harvest, therefore the high yield of opium and heroin. So this problem should be raised not only in Moscow, but also in the UN in general, because this is a threat not only to our country’s, but also European security. Over the past five years the Balkan route has been split - the heroin traffic now also goes through the Iraqi territory," he said.

"The transit of heroin from Afghanistan though the Islamic State-controlled territory is huge financial sponsorship. According to our estimates, IS makes up to $1 billion on Afghan heroin trafficked through its territory," he said.

IRAN – FIRE FESTIVAL: Khamenei pictures set on fire, 10 arrested in western city

Fire Festival – No. 3
In the city of Mahabad a clash broke out between the youth and the suppressive security forces that were preventing the holding of the Fire Festival.

Regime’s elements that were unable to confront the youth brought in reinforcement. The clashes led to the arrest of 10 of the youth.

In the city of Zanjan, the security forces are deployed at city’s intersections and conduct body search of the youth. In Mashhad, five buses of agents and 100 motorcycle riders are stationed in street 600 near Khayyam. The agents search those who pass by.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
March 17, 2015

Russia Puts Northern Fleet, Other Units on Alert for Combat Readiness Drills

MOSCOW – Russia put its Northern Fleet, including certain units of the Western Military District, and its airborne troops on full alert on Monday for combat readiness exercises, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Quoted by local news agencies, Shoigu explained that the decision was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin in order to evaluate the Northern fleet’s combat capabilities and consider the possibility of increasing their numbers in the central regions of the country.

“New challenges and threats of military security demand the further heightening of the combat capabilities of the Armed Forces,” Shoigu said.

The military drills started early Monday morning and will continue until Saturday.

The minister noted that the drills include reinforcing troop mobilization to the islands of Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land, but also defending Russia’s borders by land and air, extending to the northern reaches of the country, and destroying the naval grouping of a simulated enemy.

Iran: 60 arrested during raid at a party in western Tehran

NCRI – Police in Tehran has arrested at least 60 men and women during a raid at a mixed gender party in west of the capital on Friday.

A group of 40 men and 20 women were arrested at a party in Tehransar, a neighborhood in western Tehran, following a raid on the party that was being held in a sports club, state-run DefaPress reported.

“In the party which was held in a sports club advanced lighting equipment were used,” Samad Assadi, the commander of Tehransar police said.

The raid was carried out after information were provided on the party by the intelligence of Basij, the paramilitary repressive force of the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), the report said.

The surge in arrests under these pretexts, humiliating punishments and executions, among other violations of human rights in Iran since Hassan Rouhani has become president, are aimed at spreading fear and intimidation among the public, particularly to the youth.

Meanwhile, on Monday, the U.N.'s special investigator on Iran said in Geneva that the human rights situation and repression of Iranian women and activists has worsened since Hassan Rouhani became president in 2013.

Dr. Ahmed Shaheed said "in my view the overall situation has worsened, as indicated by the surge in executions."

Shaheed told reporters in Geneva on Monday that 753 death sentences were carried out in Iran last year, compared with 580 in 2012.

Some 1,400 individuals have been executed in Iran since Hassan Rouhani became the clerical regime’s president in June 2013.

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Iran’s Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff: We will not cooperate with the U.S even for one moment

On the eve of new round of nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland Iran’s chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Firoozabadi said: we do not cooperate with U.S even for a moment. 
Speaking at an introduction ceremony of the new police chief, the chairman added: 'we do not trust Americans, due to their deceptive ploys.