Intel: Why the Trump administration suddenly cares about Iran’s poor environmental record
After withdrawing from the Paris climate pact and gutting the EPA, the Donald Trump administration is suddenly obsessed with the sorry state of Iran’s environment.
The State Department’s hawkish Iran Action Group devotes an entire chapter to the topic in its new report on the “outlaw regime,” including environmental exploitation by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Secretary of State Mike Pompeo quipped that Tehran is “more concerned with heavy water than drinking water” during a Sept. 25 appearance at the United Against Nuclear Iran summit in New York.
