A report today by the ISNA news agency says Iran's first alcoholism treatment center was inaugurated in at the Tehran University's Medical School.
The report quotes Dr Mohammad Reza Sargolzaiee as saying the center opened "following an increase in alcohol use among Iranians."
Drinking alcohol is illegal for Muslims under Iran's strict Islamic teachings but there is open violation of the law. And even though there is widespread consumption of alcohol, there are no firm statistics available on how prevalent alcoholism is in the officially booze-free nation.