Iran tells COP31 it wants compensation for environmental damage from strikes

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian told the COP31 climate conference on Wednesday his country wanted compensation for environmental damage caused

by US and Israeli strikes, saying the issue related to global efforts to fight climate change.



"We expect the global community to establish a genuine and meaningful link between climate commitments in times of peace and responsibility in times of war, to document and assess the environmental damages caused by military aggressions and to develop compensation mechanisms," he said.



His comments were part of back-to-back speeches by heads of state on the third day of the two-week conference in Turkey.



International climate agreements currently include billions of dollars in wealthy-country finance to help developing countries adapt to climate change and pay for its impacts, but there is no provision covering environmental impacts of military strikes.