Jonathan Piron is a historian specializing in Iran and environmental issues at the Brussels research center Etopia. Piron: The impact of climate change is significant in Iran.
The lack of public policy aggravates and reinforces the impact, he says. Environmental protests are subject to repression, but at different levels, Piron says. He adds that environmental activists are also subject to arbitrary prison sentences and certain deaths in certain circumstances, such as in the case of certain environmental activists who died in suspicious circumstances.