Iran president accuses US, Israel of causing environmental damage during war
TEHRAN — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused the United States and Israel of inflicting severe environmental damage during attacks on the Islamic republic, in his speech on Wednesday at the UN Climate Change Conference in Turkey. "The recent criminal and illegal aggression against Iran by America and the Zionist regime... has inflicted severe damage on the environment, releasing massive…
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian criticized the United States and Israel during a speech at the UN Climate Change Conference in Turkey on Wednesday. He alleged that their attacks on Iran caused significant environmental harm, releasing vast amounts of pollutants and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Pezeshkian stated that the aggression from America and the Zionist regime caused "severe damage," emitting around 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from fuel facilities in Iran's southern gas field.
He further claimed that a strike on fuel depots near Tehran released an additional one million tonnes of pollutants. Pezeshkian called for mechanisms to hold the U.S. and Israel accountable for their actions. While the exact details of his accusations could not be independently verified, multiple oil spills have been spotted off the coasts of Gulf nations.
Iran's foreign ministry has previously attributed the pollution to U.S. military operations in the region, though both countries have targeted Iranian assets.
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