Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said he will use the COP31 UN climate summit in Turkiye to highlight what he described as US and Israeli crimes against Iran’s environment, Al Jazeera reports.
“The UN climate summit is a good opportunity to discuss the actions the US and Israel have taken to damage the environment in Iran and the region,” Pezeshkian says before departing for Antalya, according to Iran’s Fars news agency.
He also says he would raise Tehran’s position during bilateral meetings with other world leaders. “We will discuss the legitimate positions of the Islamic Republic and the crimes the US and Israel have committed in the region,” he says.
Pezeshkian claims Washington had already seen the consequences of its actions in its own elections and among the American public. US President Donald Trump is not attending the summit, with Washington sending no official delegation for the second consecutive year.
