00:00Iran President Massoud Pezeshkian tells the COP31 climate conference his country wanted compensation for environmental damage caused by U.S.
00:09and Israeli strikes.
00:10The president says the issue is related to global efforts to fight climate change.
00:15We expect the global community to establish a genuine and meaningful link between climate commitments in times of peace and
00:22responsibility in times of war,
00:24to document and assess the environmental damages caused by military aggressions and to develop compensation mechanisms.
00:32This on the third day of the two-week conference in Antalya, Turkey.
00:36The annual climate summit tackles climate action such as electrification targets and finance mechanisms to adapt to the effects of
00:43the crisis.
00:44The U.S. and Israel launched a military campaign against Iran in late February involving repeated strikes on energy infrastructure
00:52in Iran and across the wider region.
00:54Iran has repeatedly attacked oil tankers navigating the Strait of Hormuz.
00:59Meantime, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounces the war in Gaza as ecocide and called for immediate humanitarian access in
01:07the area.
01:07What has taken place in Gaza is not only a genocide, but it is also an eco-site.
01:18Centuries old olive trees have been cut down.
01:22The soil and water have been polluted in Gaza and cities in Gaza have been turned into enormous piles of
01:31rubble.
01:33immізiculate moo.
01:34So workers resultados are now polluted in Gaza!
