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Israeli strikes on Tehran fuel depots unleashed toxic smoke and 'black rain', raising fears of respiratory illnesses, polluted air and environmental damage

Saeedeh Fathi
13 March, 2026
Protesters carry placards and chant slogans as they march in the southern city of Gabes on October 21, 2025. (Photo by MOHAMED KHALIL/AFP via Getty Images)
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A fisherman sits in his boat near swathes of water hyacinth, a water-consuming invasive bloom which thrives and clusters in low flow waterways, blocking the area around the supporting beams of the al-Zaytun bridge on the Euphrates river in Nasiriyah, in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province on September 9, 2025.
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Palestinian farmers start to grow vegetables in tents they live in due to their limitations obtaining many vital needs, including basic food supplies as a result of Israeli attacks and blockades in Khan Yunis, Gaza on November 12, 2024.
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