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April 6, 2026

Built for Smuggling: How Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Runs a Global Drug Cartel

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps operates one of the world’s largest state-backed drug trafficking enterprises, generating billions of dollars annually through opium, heroin, cocaine, and Captagon networks that span from Afghanistan to Latin America. U.S. Treasury designations, DEA investigations, and UN data collectively paint a picture of an organization that has weaponized the narcotics trade to fund proxy wars, evade sanctions, and project power across four continents — all while
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