שאלה | Question: Why is Iran becoming a heroin smuggling country?

Question: Why is Iran becoming a heroin smuggling country?

שאלה #193570

		A) Following the revolution, Iran opposed the international authorities’ claims that banning drugs would succeed.
		B) Following the geopolitical proximity to Afghanistan, from where heroin is produced.
		C) Because it wanted to get closer to the West.
		D) All of the answers are correct.

Explanation: The lectures explain that Iran’s position next to Afghanistan—one of the main global centers of opium cultivation and heroin production—made it structurally exposed to trafficking routes and spillover production networks. This geopolitical proximity is presented as the key reason Iran becomes tied to heroin supply. (Reading: Ghiabi, The Pluriverse of Intoxication). Ghiabi_Pluriverse Quote: “Afghanistan… at the center of the world’s illicit opiate economy” (used to explain how neighboring states like Iran become entangled in heroin flows). (Ghiabi, The Pluriverse of Intoxication).