Deputy Chairman says dust is the work of the enemy

While it has only been two months since the beginning of the year, according to the announcement of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, so far "more than 12,000 Khuzestan residents" have been taken to "treatment centers" in various cities and parts of the province due to the "dust" phenomenon.

Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Ebrahim Raisi says, "The enemy wants to create public discontent and face problems for people and countries by exploiting environmental problems and creating dust."
Ali Selajkeh stated that the creation of these problems for our country was planned in advance, saying: "The origin of the dust that rises from Syria and comes to Iran is from areas where terrorists rule and constantly hold military exercises. In Iraq and Yemen, we have also seen the footprints of foreign hands in the occurrence of the dust phenomenon."

He stated that the origin of fine dust and suspended particles less than two and a half microns that enter Iran comes from neighboring countries, adding: "The first dust-producing center in the region is Saudi Arabia, then Iraq with four known centers, and Syria with one dust-producing center affect our country in this regard."

The head of the Environmental Protection Organization also said: "The enemies have not allowed agricultural lands and pastures to see moisture and maintain the greenery of the land in the past few years, which has caused the land to completely turn into powder, and with the slightest wind, even at low speeds, soil particles rise and affect different areas."

The 13th Deputy Prime Minister stated that in order to solve the dust problem, we traveled to Iraq and Syria on the orders of the President to create a common sense of convergence and alignment in neighboring countries.

Iran and neighboring countries are scheduled to hold a meeting next week to discuss practical ways to combat dust in the region.

A group of experts believe that in addition to external sources, proper management of water resources and the restoration of wetlands and lakes within Iran are also necessary to prevent them from becoming sources of dust.

Source: Voice of America