Costa, director of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, presses his finger on confiscated opium during...
Antonio Maria Costa, director of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC), presses his finger on confiscated opium during a ceremony concluding anti-narcotics manoeuvres in Zahedan, 1,605 kilometers (1,003 miles) southeast of Tehran May 20, 2009. Costa praised Iran during a visit on Wednesday for curbing the flow of smuggled heroin from Afghanistan and helping keep the drug off Western streets. REUTERS/Caren Firouz (IRAN CRIME LAW POLITICS SOCIETY)