Iran is in turmoil.
People are protesting in the streets — calling for more openness and, even more strongly, policies to boost economic performance. As to the latter, for example, frustrations over what are seen to be as inadequate economic boosts from the deal re nuclear weapons; subsidies for Mullahs/etc ...; and, calls to end Iran’s major support for various militant and military forces (Syria, Hamas, otherwise ...) and use that money at home.
The protests are serious.
There have been a variety of crackdowns, with at least several dozen killed so far.
It is serious enough that the Tweeter in Chief, @RealDonaldTrump, has spoken up.
As to the last, amid Trump’s apparent belief that ice cubes in the freezer disprove climate science, Team Trump is unlikely to recognize how human-driven climate change is a serious contributing factor.
A 14-year drought has emptied villages …
A 14-year drought caused, in part, by human-driven climate change is a major contributing factor to the unrest in Iran.
Let’s be clear: just one can’t say ‘the Syrian Civil War was created by human-driven climate change’ (rather that human-driven climate change hastened or contributed to causing the Syrian Civil War) climate change is just one of many factors driving today’s unrest in Iran. Bad government economic policies, few jobs for young people, continued efforts to suppress openness, massive increases in smart phone ownership (with less fettered access to the world and each other), and … there are a multitude of factors at play in this complex situation. But one cannot (unless rejecting realities, like Trump and his #alternativefacts supporters) deny that human-driven climate change
- with a 14-year long drought, is helping drive the disruption, in Iran,
- that unchecked/unaddressed climate change is disrupting international security and creating increased risks for upheaval, refugee movements, conflict.