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Fifty tons of drugs burned in Iran

An Iranian man who was fixing explosives wires run away after setting ablaze 50 tons of drugs seized in recent months in eastern Tehran on June 26 to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
An Iranian man who was fixing explosives wires run away after setting ablaze 50 tons of drugs seized in recent months in eastern Tehran on June 26 to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.Behrouz Mehri / AFP - Getty Images
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An Iranian man pours kerosene on a pile of drugs seized by authorities in recent months before setting it ablaze in eastern Tehran on June 26,to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
An Iranian man pours kerosene on a pile of drugs seized by authorities in recent months before setting it ablaze in eastern Tehran on June 26,to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.Behrouz Mehri / AFP - Getty Images

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