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Tag: Environmental issues
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Gross Human Rights Violations at the Andirgan Gold Mine: Direct Fire on Protesters
Andirgan is not an isolated episode; it exposes the Islamic Republic’s structural securitization of social, economic, and environmental demands—especially intensified in ethnic regions like…
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Lake Urmia’s Death: The Fall of Iran’s Azure Jewel
Once the azure jewel of Iran, Lake Urmia has officially collapsed into a salt desert. Decades of mismanagement, damming, and climate change have turned…
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Water for Towers or for People? How Politics Fuels Tehran’s Water Crisis
Behind Tehran’s official denial of water shortages lies a stark inequality: construction continues, benefiting luxury developments while poorer neighborhoods are left with dry taps…
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Mazut Production in Iran: Human and Environmental Devastation for Nothing
Dr. Keyvan Hosseini points out that Iranian oil refineries spend energy and money and in turn, create environmental injustices by polluting the air, soil,…
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Miankaleh: Under siege by hunters, arsonists, and Islamic Republic officials
The entire Miankaleh Wildlife Sanctuary was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1976. Yet, a critical wetland that has been protected for more…
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Domestic politics and human Rights in Iran; a panel discussion
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Zamaneh Meida, Raha Bahreini, Ammar Maleki and Azadeh Pourzand gathered to discuss the domestic politics of…
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Actress among activists arrested for animal rights protest
Iranian actress Hediyeh Tehrani and 16 other environmental activists were briefly arrested for participating in a protest at Tehran’s Laleh Park in support of…
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Austria, Iran building ties around environmental protection
Despite cancellation of Hassan Rohani’s trip to Austria, the two countries are expanding bilateral relations in the environmental protection sector. A cooperation agreement has…
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Barren Soil and Contaminated Land
Polluted air, drought, water shortage and now an ailing soil. Similar fates have befallen earth, wind and water in Iran as the Department of…
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Iran sets goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions
A spokesman for Iran’s Department of the Environment says Iran is prepared to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 12 percent. ISNA reported that Saeed…
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Dairy farm chief sentenced to jail for polluting environment
The head of an industrial dairy farm in Khorasan Razavi Province has been sentenced to over six months in jail for causing environmental pollution.…
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Iran sees removal of sanctions as boost to climate change initiatives
Iran has committed to a four-percent decrease in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and says that the removal of sanctions could let the…