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"Corruption and mismanagement at the highest levels of the Iranian regime have produced years of environmental exploitation and degradation throughout the country."
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
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In the past 30 years, the IRGC has been in charge of the construction of hundreds of dams. These dams have changed the natural flows of water which have been redirected away from the communities that need it most.
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#WorldEnvironmentDay
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#Iran's environment is becoming "very fragile" and non-standard gasoline production is resulting in raising air and water pollution.
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iran-hrm.com/index.php/2018…
“According to the data of The Natural Resources and Forestry Organization, during the past 40 years, the area of the northern forests has gone from 3,600,000 to 1,800,000 hectares,” an MP said in late October 2018.
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
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Iranian experts, NGOs have long been warning against rapid deforestation, almost 70% covered by different species of rare old oak trees.
... illegal logging in oak forests of Fars Province, selling precious timbers at unbelievably low prices.
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“Iran has built 600 dams over the past three decades, with an average of 20 a year… But Iran has faced a severe drought in recent years, and the dams add to the environmental damage caused by the drought.”
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#WorldEnvironmentDay
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I believe the regime in #Iran & its IRGC are deliberately targeting environment activists.
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"The 63-year-old managing director of the group, Kavous Seyed Emami, was also detained but died in prison under disputed circumstances."
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
"Rather than acting to placate protestors, activists, and experts by amending its harmful policies, the Iranian regime has disregarded their protestations and expert advice, and responded instead with repression."
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
unitedagainstnucleariran.com/irans-war-on-e…
#Iran's plane crash - Feb 2018
Mohammad Reza Tabesh: "A number of environment/natural resources experts, who in recent days defended the work of such activists, lost their lives in this crash."
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