Egypt and world politics brief
Iranian president accuses Washington and Tel Aviv of causing ‘severe’ environmental damage in war and seeks compensation
An RE brief based on a story published by Euronews Arabic on 11 November 2026.
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called on Wednesday for an international mechanism to compensate Iran for environmental damage he attributed to US and Israeli strikes on energy facilities. Speaking at the UN climate conference COP 31 in Antalya, he said the attacks released pollutants and greenhouse gases; the details of Iran's allegations could not be independently verified.
Key numbers
- 500 thousand tonnes of carbon dioxide
- Emissions from strikes on fuel facilities
- about 1250 megawatts
- Renewable energy capacity two years ago
- more than 6150 megawatts
- Renewable energy capacity
- 4.5 billion kilowatt-hours
- Clean electricity produced this year
- about 2.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
- Emissions avoided