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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Sanam Mahoozi

Iran’s climate efforts derided as MENA nations take action

Iran's Lake Urmia has been shrinking in one of the worst ecological disasters in decades [File: Atta Kenare/AFP]

An Iranian man laments the damage done to Iran’s physical landscape as he goes on his daily jog through Tehran.

There was a long river close to his house that used to be filled with water just a few years ago. Now the riverbed is completely dry and covered in rubbish instead.

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