Legal status in Iran

Per-substance legal status for Iran, from sourced statutes where available. Legal information, not legal advice — drug laws change; confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.

Last updated: 2026-07-14

1P-LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2-FDCK

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

25I-NBOMe

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

2C-B

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

2C-E

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2C-I

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

2C-T-7

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

3-MMC

Legal status: 3-MMC (3-methylmethcathinone) is controlled via Iran's psychotropics list and the 1971 Convention Schedule II obligation, with cathinone/amphetamine-type reach; the exact 3-MMC-specific entry is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Drug offences carry heavy penalties, but 3-MMC is likely BELOW the capital tier: the amended Anti-Narcotics Law capital thresholds name specific drugs (heroin, methamphetamine, etc.) and cathinones/3-MMC are not among the named capital psychotropics — capital exposure unlikely, though enforcement is severe.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a controlled psychotropic.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

4-AcO-DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

4-HO-MET

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

6-APB

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Adderall

Legal status: Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity — it is regulated AS amphetamine: 'Industrial' psychotropic named in Art. 8 of the Anti-Narcotics Law (1988, amended 2017).
Consequences if caught: Personal use/small possession is non-capital (fines/imprisonment). Manufacture/distribution/import/export of Art.-8 synthetics at or above 2 kg is DEATH-PENALTY-eligible. Amphetamine carries capital exposure at high trafficking quantity.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription stimulant via strictly controlled medical channels; carrying it without a local permit/prescription risks arrest.
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Alcohol

Legal status: Prohibited — alcohol (ethanol) consumption is a hadd crime under the Islamic Penal Code; Article 265 sets 80 lashes for a Muslim who drinks alcohol. Christians and recognised religious minorities are exempt.
Consequences if caught: Drinking or selling alcohol brings flogging (80 lashes — a hudud corporal penalty), fines and imprisonment; a third/fourth conviction can, in law, escalate to the death penalty, but the ordinary penalty is corporal.
If prescribed / medical: n/a — a beverage, not a medicine.
Documentation: No legal sale; a large black market operates at high risk. Recognised religious minorities may produce limited alcohol for private religious use; travellers may not import it.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Amanita muscaria

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Amphetamine

Legal status: 'Industrial' psychotropic named in Art. 8 of the Anti-Narcotics Law (1988, amended 2017).
Consequences if caught: Personal use/small possession is non-capital (fines/imprisonment). Manufacture/distribution/import/export of Art.-8 synthetics at or above 2 kg is DEATH-PENALTY-eligible. Amphetamine carries capital exposure at high trafficking quantity.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription stimulant via strictly controlled medical channels; carrying it without a local permit/prescription risks arrest.
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Amyl Nitrite

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Ayahuasca

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Barbiturates

Legal status: Barbiturates are controlled psychotropic medicines under Iran's Psychotropic Substances (Ravangardan) Law of 1975 — a prescription-controlled class transposing the 1971 Convention — and are not among the substances in the death-eligible articles of the Anti-Narcotics Law.
Consequences if caught: Illicit supply is handled under the psychotropics regime (imprisonment, fines, flogging). Iran's death penalty applies only to the enumerated substances of Anti-Narcotics Law Arts. 4, 5, 8 and 9 (opium/cannabis/heroin/morphine/cocaine/methamphetamine, etc.) — barbiturates are not listed and are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Phenobarbital is dispensed as a controlled antiepileptic (a WHO Essential Medicine) on Ministry of Health authorisation; the sedative-hypnotic barbiturates are tightly controlled.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Benzodiazepines

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Buprenorphine

Legal status: Buprenorphine is a controlled prescription opioid under Iran's narcotic-medicine regime — a 1971 Schedule III drug, a lighter tier than methadone; being thebaine-derived it is not clearly enumerated among the Art. 8 death-eligible substances of the Anti-Narcotics Law, so its capital exposure is left to confirmation (prescribed/personal use is treated as non-capital).
Consequences if caught: Iran's death penalty targets the enumerated substances of Anti-Narcotics Law Arts. 4, 5, 8 and 9 (opium/heroin/morphine/cocaine/methamphetamine, etc.); buprenorphine is not clearly listed, and prescribed/personal use is handled under the medicine/psychotropics regime (imprisonment, fines).
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine on Ministry of Health authorisation (buprenorphine is used for opioid substitution in Iran).
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Caffeine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Cannabis / THC

Legal status: Cannabis (bhang/hashish) prohibited under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 2017) — DEATH for trafficking/producing/selling more than 50 kg; death regardless of quantity for armed/ringleader/financier/repeat offenders; possession/use criminal; [retained and actively enforced]
Consequences if caught: Cannabis (including bhang and hashish) is prohibited in Iran under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 2017). Death applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, and regardless of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and certain repeat offenders. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Cathinone

Legal status: Illegal — cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and is on Iran's psychotropics schedule incorporating the 1971 Convention. Mechanism: 1971 Sch-I transposition, named. As the parent compound it is DISTINCT from the khat PLANT ('gat', prohibited) and from the synthetic cathinones (mephedrone etc., scheduled by Iran) that derive from it; cathinone is the named Sch-I alkaloid, cathine the milder metabolite (1971 Schedule III). Capital reach is left to confirmation: the 2017 Anti-Narcotics amendment restricts death to large quantities of enumerated drugs (heroin, cocaine, meth, morphine) and cathinone is not among them (lean below-tier).
Consequences if caught: Controlled substance: heavy penalties for the alkaloid; capital reserved for enumerated drugs, not cathinone. High risk.
If prescribed / medical: 1971 Schedule I substance with no accepted medical use and no lawful prescription route for the isolated alkaloid.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a controlled substance.

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CBD

Legal status: CBD (cannabidiol) is controlled as cannabis under the Anti-Narcotics Law (1988, amended 1997/2011/2017) — cannabis, its cultivation and its derivatives are prohibited narcotics with no CBD carve-out or THC threshold.
Consequences if caught: Cannabis is illegal and possession is penalised (fines, imprisonment, lashes), though minor personal use is often not heavily pursued; the death penalty applies to large-quantity trafficking with the 2017 amendment raising thresholds to about 50 kg, so CBD-specific capital exposure is effectively nil / left to confirmation.
If prescribed / medical: There is no CBD prescription route.
Documentation: No documentation legalises CBD — controlled as cannabis, with no prescription route.

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Clonazepam

Legal status: Clonazepam is a controlled psychotropic medicine under Iran's Psychotropic Substances (Ravangardan) Law of 1975 — it is not among the substances in the death-eligible articles of the Anti-Narcotics Law.
Consequences if caught: Illicit supply is handled under the psychotropics regime (imprisonment, fines, flogging). Iran's death penalty applies only to the enumerated substances of Anti-Narcotics Law Arts. 4, 5, 8 and 9 (opium/cannabis/heroin/morphine/cocaine/methamphetamine, etc.) — benzodiazepines are not listed and are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine on Ministry of Health authorisation.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Cocaine

Legal status: Prohibited under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 2017) — DEATH for trafficking/producing/selling more than 2 kg; death regardless of quantity for armed/ringleader/financier/repeat offenders; possession/use criminal; [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner]
Consequences if caught: Cocaine is prohibited in Iran under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 2017). Death applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, and regardless of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and certain repeat offenders. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Codeine

Legal status: Codeine (methylmorphine) is a controlled substance under Iran's psychotropic/narcotics medicine regime. Because codeine is a natural alkaloid not clearly among the substances enumerated in the death-eligible articles (notably Art. 8) of the Anti-Narcotics Law - which name opium, heroin, morphine, cocaine and their chemical derivatives - codeine's specific capital exposure is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Illicit supply is handled under the narcotics/psychotropics regime (imprisonment, fines, flogging); Iran is the world's leading drug executioner, but the enumerated capital list targets opium/heroin/morphine/cocaine and derivatives, so codeine's placement in that tier is left to confirmation.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine on Ministry of Health authorisation.
Documentation: Import of controlled opioids is restricted and requires Health Ministry authorisation - carry a prescription and confirm current customs rules.

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Crack Cocaine

Legal status: Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Iran: it is controlled AS cocaine under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 2017), whose schedule covers cocaine, its salts and preparations and thus reaches the base/freebase form. The capital threshold is measured by weight of cocaine and carries over to crack, so trafficking, producing or selling more than 2 kg of cocaine is death-eligible whether powder or base. (Note: Iran's 'crack' street term denotes a heroin derivative, but freebase cocaine remains controlled as cocaine.)
Consequences if caught: Trafficking, producing or selling more than 2 kg of crack (as cocaine) carries the death penalty; armed or ringleader involvement is death-eligible regardless of quantity.
If prescribed / medical: Cocaine has no recognised therapeutic use in Iran; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed.
Documentation: No prescription documentation exists for crack/freebase cocaine.

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Delta-8-THC

Legal status: Controlled — delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under the Anti-Narcotics Law, which controls cannabis and, via Article 8, synthetic psychotropic substances; delta-8 is controlled as an isomer of THC (named vs generic classing left to confirmation). Distinct from cannabis (bhang/hashish), prohibited. Capital exposure runs by quantity thresholds; whether delta-8 falls under the plant-cannabis or the synthetic-drug capital tier is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Zero tolerance; drug offences are capital by quantity threshold and Iran executes for trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; delta-8-THC is not a prescribable medicine.
Documentation: No lawful personal import; large quantities carry the death penalty.

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Diazepam

Legal status: Diazepam is a controlled psychotropic medicine under Iran's Psychotropic Substances (Ravangardan) Law of 1975 — it is not among the substances in the death-eligible articles of the Anti-Narcotics Law.
Consequences if caught: Illicit supply is handled under the psychotropics regime (imprisonment, fines, flogging). Iran's death penalty applies only to the enumerated substances of Anti-Narcotics Law Arts. 4, 5, 8 and 9 (opium/cannabis/heroin/morphine/cocaine/methamphetamine, etc.) — benzodiazepines are not listed and are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine on Ministry of Health authorisation.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

DOM

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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DXM

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Ephedrine

Legal status: Regulated as a chemical PRECURSOR (1988 UN Convention Table I — a methamphetamine precursor), NOT as a scheduled narcotic; a precursor / pharmacy medicine under the Anti-Narcotics Law (amended 2017); Iran tightened pharmaceutical ephedrine access.
Consequences if caught: No capital exposure — ephedrine is a precursor, not a listed death-eligible narcotic; capital thresholds attach to finished meth/heroin quantities. Precursor diversion is a lower tier (fines/imprisonment/licensing).
If prescribed / medical: Also a pharmacy/prescription decongestant-bronchodilator medicine subject to sales limits; carry documentation for a personal supply.
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Etizolam

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Fentanyl

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Gabapentin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

GBL

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

GHB

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Heroin

Legal status: Prohibited under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 2017) — DEATH for trafficking/producing/selling more than 2 kg; death regardless of quantity for armed/ringleader/financier/repeat offenders; possession/use criminal; [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner]
Consequences if caught: Heroin is prohibited in Iran under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 2017). Death applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, and regardless of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and certain repeat offenders. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

HHC

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Hydrocodone

Legal status: Hydrocodone is a controlled opioid under Iran's narcotics/psychotropics regime (Ministry of Health authorisation); it is not marketed in Iran. As a chemical derivative of morphine it is arguably within the Anti-Narcotics Law Art. 8 capital scope (heroin, morphine, cocaine and their chemical derivatives, death-eligible above threshold), but its specific enumeration is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Illicit supply is prosecuted under the narcotics regime (imprisonment, fines, flogging); capital exposure as an Art. 8 chemical derivative of morphine is left to confirmation — Iran is the world's leading drug executioner.
If prescribed / medical: No marketed Iranian hydrocodone product; a controlled opioid is dispensed only on Ministry of Health authorisation.
Documentation: Import of controlled opioids is restricted and requires Health Ministry authorisation; strong-opioid traveller import is strongly discouraged.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Ketamine

Legal status: Controlled under the Law on Combating Narcotics (1988, amended 2017) and the Psychotropic Substances Law (1975); ketamine is not among Iran's enumerated capital-narcotics, and the precise schedule placement is left to confirmation against the current statute.
Consequences if caught: Unlawful dealing is criminal (imprisonment and fines). Iran's drug death penalty (2017 amendment) is reserved for large quantities of specifically enumerated narcotics (e.g. over 2 kg of heroin/cocaine/morphine/methamphetamine, or over 50 kg of opium/cannabis); ketamine is NOT among those enumerated substances, so it does not carry capital exposure.
If prescribed / medical: Available through controlled medical channels.
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Khat

Legal status: Illegal — cathinone controlled and khat ('gat') prohibited (plant status left to confirmation). Mechanism: class (alkaloid). Iran executes heavily for opioids and meth, but khat leaf sits far below the capital thresholds — no realistic capital exposure.
Consequences if caught: Illegal nationwide despite minority use in the south-east; imprisonment rather than execution for khat quantities.
If prescribed / medical: Khat is traditional plant material with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route; leaf caught via its scheduled cathinone content.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Kratom

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Lorazepam

Legal status: Lorazepam is a controlled psychotropic medicine under Iran's Psychotropic Substances (Ravangardan) Law of 1975 — it is not among the substances in the death-eligible articles of the Anti-Narcotics Law.
Consequences if caught: Illicit supply is handled under the psychotropics regime (imprisonment, fines, flogging). Iran's death penalty applies only to the enumerated substances of Anti-Narcotics Law Arts. 4, 5, 8 and 9 (opium/cannabis/heroin/morphine/cocaine/methamphetamine, etc.) — benzodiazepines are not listed and are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine on Ministry of Health authorisation.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

LSA (Morning Glory)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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MDA

Legal status: Controlled — MDA is caught by the amphetamine/'industrial psychotropic drugs' class language of the 2017 Anti-Narcotics Law amendment (which names MDMA/amphetamines). CLASS mechanism. CAPITAL caught-by-class: synthetic/ATS drugs at or above 2 kg are death-eligible when combined with aggravating factors (ringleader, armed, prior sentence, use of minors).
Consequences if caught: Trafficking death-eligible above threshold plus aggravators; otherwise long imprisonment.
If prescribed / medical: Prohibited psychotropic with no recognised medical use; no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal import; trafficking death-eligible above threshold.

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MDMA

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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MDPV

Legal status: Controlled as a psychotropic. MDPV is a 1971 Convention Schedule II psychotropic controlled through the Psychotropic Substances Act 1997, which incorporates the 1971 schedules. Capital reach is left to confirmation: the Anti-Narcotics Law capital thresholds are named for specific drugs (heroin/methamphetamine/opium/morphine), and psychotropic/NPS capital reach for MDPV is unconfirmable.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; possession and trafficking carry severe penalties with extreme DP enforcement for named drugs. MDPV-specific capital reach left to confirmation. Do NOT carry.
If prescribed / medical: MDPV has no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Iran.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a controlled psychotropic; do not carry.

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Memantine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Mephedrone (4-MMC)

Legal status: Controlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is captured by Iran's psychotropics schedule incorporating the 1971 Convention, under which Iran has scheduled synthetic cathinones. Capital reach is left to confirmation: the 2017 Anti-Narcotics Law amendment restricts death to large quantities of specifically enumerated drugs (heroin, cocaine, meth, morphine) and mephedrone is not among them (lean below-tier).
Consequences if caught: Controlled substance: heavy penalties; capital reserved for enumerated drugs, not mephedrone. High risk.
If prescribed / medical: Controlled psychotropic with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a controlled substance.

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Mescaline

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Methadone

Legal status: Methadone is a controlled narcotic medicine under Iran's Health Ministry regulations; being fully synthetic it is NOT clearly enumerated among the Art. 8 capital substances of the Anti-Narcotics Law (which name heroin/morphine/cocaine and their chemical derivatives), so its drug-specific capital exposure is left to confirmation (Iran is the world's largest drug executioner — 485 in 2024).
Consequences if caught: Illicit supply is prosecuted under the narcotics regime (imprisonment, fines, flogging); capital exposure attaches to the Art. 8 enumerated substances, and methadone's inclusion is left to confirmation.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed for OST as a controlled medicine on Health Ministry authorisation (Iran runs a large methadone-maintenance programme).
Documentation: Import of controlled opioids is restricted — Health Ministry authorisation is required; carry full documentation.

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Methamphetamine

Legal status: Methamphetamine (a 'synthetic drug') prohibited under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 2017) — DEATH for trafficking/producing/selling more than 2 kg and for possession/purchase/concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics; death regardless of quantity for armed/ringleader/financier/repeat offenders; [retained and actively enforced]
Consequences if caught: Methamphetamine is a 'synthetic drug' prohibited in Iran under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 2017). Death applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of synthetic drugs, and to possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics; and regardless of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and certain repeat offenders. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Methaqualone (Quaaludes)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Methylone

Legal status: Controlled — methylone is caught by the GENERIC 'industrial/synthetic' psychotropic class of Article 8 of the Anti-Narcotics Law (covering amphetamine/methamphetamine and synthetic psychotropics); it is not individually NAMED (left to confirmation). Capital-ELIGIBLE by quantity.
Consequences if caught: Death by quantity threshold. Under the post-2017 amendment, production/distribution of synthetic drugs is capital above roughly 2 kg and possession/concealment above 3 kg; methylone as an Article-8 synthetic sits in this capital-by-quantity class.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal import; large synthetic quantities carry the death penalty.

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Methylphenidate

Legal status: Controlled psychotropic under the Anti-Narcotics Law — a lower-tier medical psychotropic NOT among the Art.-8 capital substances (unlike amphetamine).
Consequences if caught: Prescription/import-controlled; no capital exposure (methylphenidate is not among the Art.-8 enumerated capital narcotics).
If prescribed / medical: Prescription ADHD/narcolepsy medicine (e.g. Ritalin/Concerta) via controlled channels; carry the original prescription and any required import permit.

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Mitragynine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Modafinil

Legal status: Prescription medicine — NOT in the enumerated capital-drug list of the Anti-Narcotics Law.
Consequences if caught: Prescription/import-controlled; no capital exposure (modafinil is not among the Art.-8 enumerated capital narcotics).
If prescribed / medical: Carry the prescription.
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Morphine

Legal status: Morphine is expressly enumerated in Article 8 of Iran's Anti-Narcotics Law as a processed narcotic and is death-eligible: trafficking, manufacture or possession above 2 kg of morphine (or its chemical derivatives) carries the death penalty; smaller quantities draw graduated imprisonment, fines and flogging.
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised supply draws imprisonment, fines and flogging; trafficking or possessing more than 2 kg of morphine is death-eligible under Article 8 (Iran leads the world in drug executions).
If prescribed / medical: Available only through Ministry of Health-authorised channels as a controlled narcotic for hospital and palliative use.
Documentation: Import of controlled opioids is restricted and requires Health Ministry authorisation; carrying strong-opioid narcotics is strongly discouraged.

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MXE

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Nicotine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Nitrous Oxide

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Oxycodone

Legal status: Oxycodone is a controlled narcotic under Iran's narcotics regime — a semi-synthetic strong opioid; as a chemical derivative of morphine it is arguably within the Anti-Narcotics Law Art. 8 capital scope ('heroin, morphine, cocaine and their chemical derivatives,' death-eligible above 2 kg post-2017), but oxycodone's specific enumeration is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Illicit supply is prosecuted under the narcotics regime; Art. 8 makes heroin/morphine and their chemical derivatives death-eligible above 2 kg (Iran is the world's leading drug executioner). Whether oxycodone is specifically enumerated within Art. 8 is left to confirmation.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled narcotic on Ministry of Health authorisation.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging and obtain any required import authorisation; strong-opioid import is strongly discouraged.

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PCP

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Peyote

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Phenibut

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Pink Cocaine / Tusi

Legal status: Pink cocaine (tusi) is not scheduled as such; it is a variable mixture (typically ketamine + MDMA) prosecuted through its constituents — Iran controls ketamine under the Law on Combating Narcotics (1988, amended 2017) and the Psychotropic Substances Law (1975), and MDMA is likewise a controlled substance; the law reaches any preparation containing a controlled substance. Because the blend varies batch to batch, exposure follows the most-severely-controlled detected component.
Consequences if caught: Ketamine is not among Iran's enumerated capital narcotics, so a ketamine-only sample carries imprisonment rather than death; large-scale trafficking of controlled psychotropics such as MDMA can, however, be death-eligible under the Anti-Narcotics Law.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful supply of the mixture; ketamine is a controlled medicine used as an anaesthetic, while MDMA has no accepted medical use.
Documentation: Sold as a party powder of unknown makeup; because the blend varies batch to batch, buyers cannot know its constituents or which one drives the penalty, so legal exposure under the Anti-Narcotics Law is unknowable at purchase.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Poppers

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Pregabalin

Legal status: Pregabalin is a nationally controlled prescription medicine in Iran, regulated by the Iran Food and Drug Administration (IFDA) amid documented abuse, rather than an enumerated substance in the Anti-Narcotics Law's capital-threshold schedules — so it is a controlled prescription medicine, not a death-eligible narcotic.
Consequences if caught: Illicit supply is handled under the pharmaceutical-control regime; pregabalin is not within the enumerated substances of the death-eligible articles.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine under Ministry of Health / IFDA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry a valid prescription; personal-use import is restricted — confirm current IFDA and customs rules before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Psilocybin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Quetiapine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Salvia divinorum

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Scopolamine (Devil's Breath)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)

Legal status: Controlled. Synthetic cannabinoids are controlled through Iran's Psychotropic Substances Act 1997, which incorporates the 1971 Convention schedules including the synthetic cannabinoids added to Schedule II. Capital reach is left to confirmation: the Anti-Narcotics Law capital thresholds are named for specific drugs (heroin/methamphetamine/opium/morphine), and synthetic-cannabinoid capital reach is not confirmable.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; possession and trafficking carry severe penalties with extreme death-penalty enforcement for named drugs. Synthetic-cannabinoid-specific capital reach left to confirmation. Do NOT carry.
If prescribed / medical: These synthetic cannabinoids have no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Iran.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for controlled synthetic cannabinoids; do not carry.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

THC-P

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Tobacco

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Tramadol

Legal status: Tramadol is a nationally controlled prescription medicine in Iran (regulated by the Iran FDA since 2007) rather than an enumerated drug in the Anti-Narcotics Law's capital-threshold schedules; Iran leads in drug-trafficking executions, but its capital thresholds target opium, heroin, morphine and methamphetamine, so tramadol-specific capital exposure is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Illicit supply is handled under the pharmaceutical-control regime; tramadol is not clearly within the enumerated substances of the death-eligible articles, so its capital exposure is left to confirmation.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine under Ministry of Health / IFDA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry a valid prescription; personal-use import is restricted — confirm current IFDA/customs rules before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Xanax (Alprazolam)

Legal status: Alprazolam is a controlled psychotropic medicine under Iran's Psychotropic Substances (Ravangardan) Law of 1975 — it is not among the substances in the death-eligible articles of the Anti-Narcotics Law.
Consequences if caught: Illicit supply is handled under the psychotropics regime (imprisonment, fines, flogging). Iran's death penalty applies only to the enumerated substances of Anti-Narcotics Law Arts. 4, 5, 8 and 9 (opium/cannabis/heroin/morphine/cocaine/methamphetamine, etc.) — benzodiazepines are not listed and are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine on Ministry of Health authorisation.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Xylazine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Zolpidem

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Iran's authorities (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Iranian sources (Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988, amended 2017) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds: death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Iran retains and ACTIVELY enforces the death penalty for drugs under the Anti-Narcotics Law of 1988 (amended 1997, 2011 and 2017; Art 45 renumbered Art 46, in force 14 November 2017). The 2017 amendment RAISED the thresholds (previously more than 30 g of heroin/cocaine or more than 5 kg of opium/cannabis): death now applies to trafficking, producing, distributing or selling more than 2 kg of heroin, morphine, cocaine or synthetic drugs, or more than 50 kg of opium, cannabis or bhang, plus possession, purchase or concealment of more than 3 kg of synthetics. Death also applies REGARDLESS of quantity for armed offenders, cartel ringleaders, financiers, those using minors or the mentally ill, and repeat offenders previously sentenced to death, life or 15+ years. Cannabis (bhang/hashish) is included at the 50 kg threshold. Possession and use are criminal, and compulsory treatment exists. [retained and actively enforced — world's leading drug executioner] At least 503 drug-related executions occurred in 2024 (471 in 2023), roughly half of all executions, by hanging (US Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, corroborated by Harm Reduction International and Amnesty International). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

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