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Pazkhian: Sanctioned countries should not pay environmental costs alone On Friday, October 16, Iranian President Massoud Mazikian called on the world's nations to condemn the "environmental genocide caused by regional wars" at the International Biodiversity Summit in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. According to him, the war in Gaza and other areas in the Middle East caused widespread damage to the environment, the consequences of which go beyond the borders of the countries. "What happened in our region as a result of aggressive wars is environmental genocide or genocide and must be condemned." He stated that wars are not only aimed at humans and infrastructure, but with the destruction of forests, wetlands and water sources, soil pollution, destruction of habitats and the introduction of chemicals and heavy metals into nature, they leave damage that continues years after the end of the conflicts. The Iranian president emphasized that the international community must accept that countries subject to sanctions or under military aggression do not have to pay the environmental costs of war and sanctions alone. In his speech at the meeting, which was also attended by Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Median noted that the destruction of the environment in wars is not a side effect, but directly threatens the security and well-being of future generations, and therefore, dealing with it "requires international solutions."

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Pazkhian: Sanctioned countries should not pay environmental costs alone On Friday, October 16, Iranian President Massoud Mazikian called on the world's nations to condemn the "environmental genocide caused by regional wars" at the International Biodiversity Summit in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. According to him, the war in Gaza and other areas in the Middle East caused widespread damage to the environment, the consequences of which go beyond the borders of the countries. "What happened in our region as a result of aggressive wars is environmental genocide or genocide and must be condemned." He stated that wars are not only aimed at humans and infrastructure, but with the destruction of forests, wetlands and water sources, soil pollution, destruction of habitats and the introduction of chemicals and heavy metals into nature, they leave damage that continues years after the end of the conflicts. The Iranian president emphasized that the international community must accept that countries subject to sanctions or under military aggression do not have to pay the environmental costs of war and sanctions alone. In his speech at the meeting, which was also attended by Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Median noted that the destruction of the environment in wars is not a side effect, but directly threatens the security and well-being of future generations, and therefore, dealing with it "requires international solutions."

Pazkhian: Sanctioned countries should not pay environmental costs alone On Friday, October 16, Iranian President Massoud Mazikian called on the world's nations to condemn the "environmental genocide caused by regional wars" at the International Biodiversity Summit in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. According to him, the war in Gaza and other areas in the Middle East caused widespread damage to the environment, the consequences of which go beyond the borders of the countries. "What happened in our region as a result of aggressive wars is environmental genocide or genocide and must be condemned." He stated that wars are not only aimed at humans and infrastructure, but with the destruction of forests, wetlands and water sources, soil pollution, destruction of habitats and the introduction of chemicals and heavy metals into nature, they leave damage that continues years after the end of the conflicts. The Iranian president emphasized that the international community must accept that countries subject to sanctions or under military aggression do not have to pay the environmental costs of war and sanctions alone. In his speech at the meeting, which was also attended by Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Median noted that the destruction of the environment in wars is not a side effect, but directly threatens the security and well-being of future generations, and therefore, dealing with it "requires international solutions."