Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian tells the COP31 climate conference that Iran is seeking compensation for environmental damage it attributes to US and Israeli strikes. He frames the demand as part of connecting climate commitments made in peacetime with responsibility during wartime, and calls for mechanisms to assess and document environmental impacts from military actions.
Several outlets report that Pezeshkian cites emissions figures linked to attacks on fuel-related targets in Iran. One outlet specifies emissions tied to an attack on a gas field in southern Iran and another set of sites near Tehran. Another reports the same core claim while focusing on the compensation request and the broader climate-liability argument.
A further point of coverage is whether details can be independently verified. One source notes that the specific accusations are not independently verified, while it references reports of oil spills detected off Gulf coasts and mentions Iran’s foreign ministry has previously blamed regional pollution on US military operations.
