Iran’s drive for ‘independent’ development, in the face of international pressure over the nuclear programme, has degraded its air, water and land.

Economic sanctions may seem like an obvious tool against a target country’s econom, but the country’s response in an effort to overcome the effects of the penalties may be awful   Iran converted petrochemical factories into refineries.  In building dams they have ruined the wetlands and ivolated treaties.

The US has blocked air from major UN enviromental organizations.

topThe World Health Organization has ranked four of Iran’s cities in the top ten most poluuted in the world.