שאלה | Question: How were drug addicts perceived in the modern Islamic Republic of Iran?

Question: How were drug addicts perceived in the modern Islamic Republic of Iran?

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		A) As people who needed extra education.
		B) As people who were harmed by the government and its policies.
		C) As people who needed support in their recovery.
		D) As people “contaminated” by the West, and also as an imperialist instrument against the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

Explanation: In the lectures, addiction in post revolution Iran is framed not only as an individual or medical issue, but also as a political moral threat: drug use is portrayed as a corrupting Western influence and even an “imperialist” weapon used to weaken society and the revolution. This kind of framing fits a broader theme in the readings about drugs being embedded in struggles over modernity, sovereignty, and “Western interests” in drug policy debates. (Reading: Ghiabi, The Pluriverse of Intoxication). Quote: “the prime body representing Western interests in matters of drugs”