Iran’s Environmental Challenges Aggravated by US Economic Siege

As long as the US economic blockade is in place, Iran will not be able to comply with international agreements aimed at tackling climate change, which will be to the detriment of regional states, the former managing director of the Iranian Fuel Conservation Company said.
“Thermal power plants are producing massive amounts of CO2 and there is no way to curtail it because US sanctions do not let us have access to advanced technology that is necessary to improve the quality of the fuel burnt to generate power,” Nosratollah Seifi was also quoted as saying by ILNA.
“US economic sanctions are associated with significant environmental impacts that have major short- and long-term health implications,” he added, noting that there will be no effective remedy for such problems unless sanctions are lifted.