The cabinet approved a decree on 19 June 2024 that multiplied the fines in the Anti-Narcotics Law, including the cannabis possession, supply and use penalties. The fine for possessing up to 50 g of cannabis rose from 3 million to 165 million rials, and the fine for supplying up to 50 g rose from 4 million to 200 million rials; the top fine for supplying 500 g to 5 kg rose to 2 billion rials. Prison terms and the death penalty were left unchanged.[1][2]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Iran here.
References
- Mizan Online — تصویبنامه اصلاح میزان مبالغ مربوط به جرایم و تخلفات مندرج در قوانین مختلف (1 July 2024)Decree approved 30 Khordad 1403 (19 June 2024), issued 4 Tir 1403 (25 June 2024)
- Davoudabadi — تصویبنامه در خصوص اصلاح میزان مبالغ مربوط به جرایم و تخلفات مندرج در قوانین مختلف مصوب 1403/3/30Attachment 1, row 32 (Anti-Narcotics Law): Articles 2, 3, 4, 5 and 19 amountsarchived
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