Iran tells COP31 it wants compensation for environmental damage from US-Israeli strikes

TEHRAN: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told the COP31 climate conference on Wednesday his country wanted compensation for environmental damage caused by US and Israeli strikes, saying the issue related to global efforts to fight climate change.

“We expect the global community to establish a genuine and meaningful link between climate commitments in times of peace and responsibility in times of war, to document and assess the environmental damages caused by military aggressions and ⁠to develop compensation mechanisms,” ⁠he said.

His comments were part of back-to-back speeches by heads of state on the third day of the two-week conference in Turkiye.