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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle

From black rain to marine pollution, the war in Iran is an environmental disaster

Black smoke rise from the oil depot in Tehran on 8 March.
Black smoke rise from the Shehran oil depot in Tehran on 8 March. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

If the first casualty of war is the truth, the environment can’t come far behind.

The black rain that fell across Tehran two weekends ago was perhaps the most symbolic symptom of a litany of environmental devastation being wrought on Iran by the US-Israeli war machine since the start of the month. As I reported last week, we already know the conflict will have major long-term environmental repercussions.

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