{"id":18948,"date":"2020-10-16T10:04:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T08:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=18948"},"modified":"2020-10-17T07:19:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T05:19:41","slug":"how-irgc-destroyed-irans-forests-and-other-natural-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/10\/how-irgc-destroyed-irans-forests-and-other-natural-resources\/18948\/","title":{"rendered":"How IRGC Destroyed Iran\u2019s Forests and Other Natural Resources?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Among the areas that the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC<\/a>) has destroyed in the last four decades in Iran are the country\u2019s environment, forests, and pastures. For more than four decades, the IRGC dominated the country\u2019s national resources<\/a>, environment, forests, and rangelands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Destruction of the environment by the IRGC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Areas of environmental degradation by the IRGC <\/a>are so extensive that only mentioning them takes writing of several articles. In this article, we will briefly discuss some of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022The environmental pollution rate of the Persian Gulf \u00a0is 47 times more than the high seas: On August 31, 2008, the state-run newspaper Hamshahri\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0that the waters of the Persian Gulf are 47 times more polluted than the open waters of the world. This tragedy caused by IRGC <\/a>military barracks, excessive military maneuvers in these areas, and the dumping of chemical waste in the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Construction of the garrison and headquarters of the Navy Command of the Revolutionary Guards in Sorkheh Hesar National Park and its wildlife sanctuary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Construction of a road by the IRGC in the wetland of Bojagh National Park in Gilan province. And the destruction of this wetland environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Destruction of forests by the IRGC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Iran\u2019s forests are another of Iran\u2019s natural resources the IRGC <\/a>has plundered and destroyed. In 1962, Iran\u2019s forests and rangelands declared national, and nearly 120 million hectares of the country\u2019s forests and rangelands transferred to the government for national exploitation. But when mullahs came to power and shortly after the IRGC dominated the country\u2019s resources, the process of deforestation began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the General Inspection Organization, 70% of the forests in Golestan province in northern Iran owned by influential institutions in the Mullahs\u2019 regime. For instance, the 25th Karbala Division One of the IRGC <\/a>units took over 13,000 hectares of forests in the area and destroyed them by cutting down trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another example, to build the Shafarood Dam in Gilan province, the IRGC destroyed 93 hectares of the country\u2019s best Hyrcanian forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To pursue this destruction, the IRGC had pressured the country\u2019s forest organization to agree to this. It is important to note that this dam was built on the Shalem-Astara earthquake fault, which is in great danger of being destroyed by the earthquake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some other actions of the IRGC in destroying forests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Construction of a town for members of the Revolutionary Guards on 500 hectares of land in Lavasan, now known as Mahallati Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Deliberate burning of forests by the IRGC in the country\u2019s western regions under the pretext of \u201csecurity threat capability\u201d by the opposition or as a result of IRGC military operations such as the fires in the Marivan and Paveh forests in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Destruction of nearly 100,000 hectares of Zagros forests by the IRGC and other military institutions of the Mullah\u2019s regime and constructing villas, barracks, corporate houses, and ammunition dumps in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Occupation of 10 hectares of Naharkhoran Forests in Gorgan to build a particular complex for the IRGC in 2012. Despite the construction ban in this forest and at the expense of the provincial budget, the IRGC build its complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Construction of a museum by the IRGC with the destruction of the Tahlijan forest in Shahrekord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Cutting more than 13,500 old oak trees in the \u201cDena\u201d protected area in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, by the IRGC\u2019s Khatam al-Anbia<\/a> Construction Headquarters to build a gas pipeline from Assaluyeh to the north and northwest of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examining the image of Iran\u2019s border areas and the Republic of Azerbaijan in terms of deforestation, with a simple comparison of the rate of deforestation inside Iran compared to the opposite point in Azerbaijan, is quite a visible photo below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The image of Iran\u2019s border areas and the Republic of Azerbaijan in terms of deforestation. Left: Iran \u2013 Right: Republic Azerbaijan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Destruction of rangelands by the IRGC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In addition to forests, the destruction of rangelands is also part of the IRGC\u2019s extermination policy in Iran, which is limited due to its large number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Drying of vegetation in Turani and Sahara Sandi areas next to Hur al-Azim lagoon in Khuzestan for the IRGC oil projects<\/a>, regardless of its environmental consequences, has caused soil storms and dust in recent years in the southwest of the country. This crime has caused many casualties among \u200clocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Holding military maneuvers in pastures and subsequent fires, such as Paveh city in 2012, led to the destruction of 50 hectares of rangelands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Occupation of environmentally protected areas by the Revolutionary Guards, such as the Kuhsalan Protected Area in Kurdistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Burial of nuclear waste in the foothills of Ardabil, Sahand and Sabalan areas and the Caspian Sea area is another clear example of the destruction of the country\u2019s pastures by the IRGC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land degradation and soil erosion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Destruction of forests and rangelands has a direct effect on land degradation and soil erosion. In this regard, Iran is one of the world\u2019s worst countries under the rule of the mullahs\u2019 regime. In 2011, Ismail Kahram, one of Iran\u2019s environmental activists,\u00a0stated<\/a>\u00a0that in 2011 Iran was the world\u2019s top country with soil erosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the while, the Iranian people protested the IRGC\u2019s destructive policies in the environment, forests, and pastures. But the Revolutionary Guards have not hesitated to advance their goals by killing, arresting, repressing, and imprisoning environmental activists and foresters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, Dr. Kavous Seyed Emami, an environmental activist who opposed the IRGC\u2019s destructive policies in the field of the country\u2019s environment, assassinated<\/a>\u00a0in February 2018 in Evin Prison by IRGC intelligence. But the mullahs\u2019 regime declared his cause of death as suicide.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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