THREAD
1)
"Corruption & mismanagement at the highest levels of the Iranian regime have produced years of environmental exploitation & degradation throughout the country."
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay2020
#ForNature
iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2018/oct/…
1)
"Corruption & mismanagement at the highest levels of the Iranian regime have produced years of environmental exploitation & degradation throughout the country."
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay2020
#ForNature
iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2018/oct/…
2)
Wildfires that began in five of #Iran's provinces last week have once again displayed the regime’s inefficiency in handling natural disasters.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
english.mojahedin.org/i/iran-wildfir…
Wildfires that began in five of #Iran's provinces last week have once again displayed the regime’s inefficiency in handling natural disasters.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
english.mojahedin.org/i/iran-wildfir…
3)
Footage of vast forest fires in Kurdistan province, western Iran. Locals say authorities are not taking adequate measures.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
Footage of vast forest fires in Kurdistan province, western Iran. Locals say authorities are not taking adequate measures.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
4)
Khuzestan province, SW Iran
This region sits on an ocean of oil & gas but the regime has deprived the locals of any means to fight ongoing forest fires (also caused by the regime, according to reports).
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
Khuzestan province, SW Iran
This region sits on an ocean of oil & gas but the regime has deprived the locals of any means to fight ongoing forest fires (also caused by the regime, according to reports).
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
5)
Tehran-Qom highway, N Iran
Fires rage near the Iranian capital & locals complain of authorities failing to take meaningful action to protect the area.
Reports claim the regime's IRGC is behind these fires to take control of the scorched lands.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
Tehran-Qom highway, N Iran
Fires rage near the Iranian capital & locals complain of authorities failing to take meaningful action to protect the area.
Reports claim the regime's IRGC is behind these fires to take control of the scorched lands.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
6)
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.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
iranfocus.com/en/index.php?o…
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.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
iranfocus.com/en/index.php?o…
7)
Iran's environment is becoming "very fragile" and non-standard gasoline production is resulting in raising air and water pollution.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
iran-hrm.com/index.php/2018…
Iran's environment is becoming "very fragile" and non-standard gasoline production is resulting in raising air and water pollution.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
iran-hrm.com/index.php/2018…
8)
“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.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
irannewswire.org/islamic-republ…
“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.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
irannewswire.org/islamic-republ…
9)
Kuhdasht, Lorestan province, W Iran
Locals' what fields are on fire & many are blaming the regime's IRGC. The country's environment is burning due to the regime's policies.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
Kuhdasht, Lorestan province, W Iran
Locals' what fields are on fire & many are blaming the regime's IRGC. The country's environment is burning due to the regime's policies.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
10)
The regime's incompetence & corrupt policies have resulted in dozens of forest fires across the country. The ruling mullahs themselves are a major threat to Iran's environment.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
The regime's incompetence & corrupt policies have resulted in dozens of forest fires across the country. The ruling mullahs themselves are a major threat to Iran's environment.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
11)
Shiraz, south-central Iran
A section of the Dokuhak mountains burning in flames.
Iran's environment has been severely damages as a result of four decades of plundering policies practiced by the mullahs' regime.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
Shiraz, south-central Iran
A section of the Dokuhak mountains burning in flames.
Iran's environment has been severely damages as a result of four decades of plundering policies practiced by the mullahs' regime.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
12)
Kermanshah, W Iran
Oak trees on fire in the Othmanvand region.
People are desperate to save their local environment yet the regime is taking no meaningful measures, raising suspicions about their motives.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
Kermanshah, W Iran
Oak trees on fire in the Othmanvand region.
People are desperate to save their local environment yet the regime is taking no meaningful measures, raising suspicions about their motives.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
12)
Iranian experts, NGOs have long been warning against rapid deforestation, almost 70% covered by different species of rare old oak trees.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-mps-cri…
Iranian experts, NGOs have long been warning against rapid deforestation, almost 70% covered by different species of rare old oak trees.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-mps-cri…
13)
I believe the regime in #Iran & its IRGC are deliberately targeting environment activists.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
rferl.org/a/eight-irania…
I believe the regime in #Iran & its IRGC are deliberately targeting environment activists.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
rferl.org/a/eight-irania…
14)
"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."
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
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"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."
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
unitedagainstnucleariran.com/irans-war-on-e…
15)
"I want to write 'Zagros on Fire' but it's actually 'Iran on Fire.' This is my home, burning as a result of the ruling regime's incompetence," this musician writes in his tweet with a beautiful Iranian song.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
"I want to write 'Zagros on Fire' but it's actually 'Iran on Fire.' This is my home, burning as a result of the ruling regime's incompetence," this musician writes in his tweet with a beautiful Iranian song.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
#ForNature
