Alireza Ghandriz Independent political analyst. [Reporting The Silent Malaise: Facing Alcoholism in Iran Alireza Ghandriz, Mahmoud Sadri, Phillip Pierce · 18 July The production of both fermented and distilled alcohol flourished in Iran before the Islamic Republic imposed a strict prohibition in 1979. But repression failed to fully stop alcohol consumption. Smuggling rapidly proliferated, as did the local production of adulterated alcohol, so much so that (…)
