{"id":257814,"date":"2022-04-14T17:07:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T16:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=257814"},"modified":"2023-02-04T17:09:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T16:09:44","slug":"miankaleh-peninsula-how-irans-environment-is-forgone-for-grand-interests-of-the-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/miankaleh-peninsula-how-irans-environment-is-forgone-for-grand-interests-of-the-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"Miankaleh Peninsula: How Iran\u2019s Environment Is Forgone for Grand Interests of the Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In recent days, the construction of a petrochemical site in Miankaleh has become a hot social issue. Initial phases of the Miankaleh Petrochemical Complex started in March by the regime\u2019s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi, but Ali Selajgeh, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced that the project was not approved<\/a> by the organization and would be “illegal”.<\/p>\n

Following widespread popular protests and public outcry over the construction of the petrochemical complex in the Miankaleh Protected Reservoir, the government announced it has brought the project to a halt. As usual, the regime\u2019s president Ebrahim Raisi tried to exploit the opportunity and claimed he personally had ordered the project to be stopped, followed by Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri who stepped in and took credit.<\/p>\n

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But despite orders by both executive and judicial branches, environmental activists, as well as locals, say that construction is continuing uninterrupted and around the clock.<\/p>\n

Following such reports, the Head of Mazandaran\u2019s Justice Department, Mohammad Sadegh Akbari, announced on Wednesday, April 13, that he had sent a team to this area to investigate the situation. He claimed that violators who ignore the order to stop the petrochemical project will be dealt with legally.<\/p>\n

Environmental activists say that the construction of a petrochemical complex will cause considerable damage to the Miankaleh wetland and national park, and the devastation that happened to Khuzestan Province will be repeated here as well.<\/p>\n

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