https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/09/official-iran-most-polluted/ Sustainably Driven. Future Ready. Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:21:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/09/official-iran-most-polluted/#comment-22130 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:21:51 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=54558#comment-22130 Ishac, that’s very interesting. It had not occurred to me to think about the environmental impacts of sanctions. But I guess falling behind on the sustainable times is one visible consequence. Do you think there is a willingness among the government to come up to speed if sanctions were lifted?

]]> https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/09/official-iran-most-polluted/#comment-22112 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:14:52 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=54558#comment-22112 To be fair, Iran is under sanctions and is banned from importing everything from clean cars to energy efficient machinary. Granted part of the problem is lack of government foresight in regards to town planning. But if there were no economic sanctions on the import and export of cars and industrial machinery then the problem would be far less. Lift sanctions and Iran can become one of the greenest in the middle east. The major problem with the Iranian infrastructure is the lack of sewage system in most cities. Waste water goes into sespits and remains there which is a shame as the country is quite arid.

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