Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn

The Guardian 1 min read 8 hours ago

<p>Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war</p><p>Israel’s bombing of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/08/dark-like-our-future-iranians-describe-scenes-of-catastrophe-after-tehrans-oil-depots-bombed">Iran’s oil infrastructure</a> will have major long-term environmental repercussions, experts have warned, as monitors admitted they were struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from the widening war.</p><p>Even as Iranians filled the streets 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 <a href="https://x.com/wammezz/status/2030985083474112845">continued to burn on Monday</a>, two days after they were bombed by Israeli warplanes.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/10/bombing-of-irans-oil-infrastructure-to-have-major-environmental-fallout-experts-warn">Continue reading...</a>
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