Iranian foreign ministry spokesman BAGHAEI said on the 17th that the US military presence in the region has caused environmental damage amounting to tens of trillions of dollars, a process he characterised as spanning roughly 50 years rather than the past six months or year. He said advanced weapons, repeated exercises and regional wars have inflicted large-scale damage that has worsened over the past two years due to US and Israeli strikes on facilities along the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman,

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman BAGHAEI said on the 17th that the US military presence in the region has caused environmental damage amounting to tens of trillions of dollars, a process he characterised as spanning roughly 50 years rather than the past six months or year. He said advanced weapons, repeated exercises and regional wars have inflicted large-scale damage that has worsened over the past two years due to US and Israeli strikes on facilities along the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, and that Iran will prioritise seeking compensation for those losses.