Devastating Oil Depot Bombings in Iran: Grim Environmental Fallout Looms
Experts warn of major long-term environmental consequences as monitors struggle to keep up with the widening war's ecological disasters.
The devastating bombing of Iran's oil infrastructure by Israel will have catastrophic environmental repercussions that could linger for years, according to leading experts. As Iranians gathered to mark the appointment of a new supreme leader, the Shahran oil depot north-east of Tehran and the Shahr-e fuel depot to its south continued to burn on Monday, two days after the facilities were targeted in the airstrikes.
Monitors on the ground have admitted they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from the widening conflict, with the fallout from the oil depot bombings expected to be particularly severe and long-lasting. The massive explosions and subsequent infernos have already released plumes of toxic smoke and hazardous chemicals into the air, posing a grave threat to public health and the local ecosystem.
Source: The Guardian
