Nature in the crossfire of climate inaction and wars

This commentary argues that climate change is worsening due to fossil fuel interests, political denialism, and public negligence—with Spain's PM calling denialism "the worst of fuels." It highlights droughts displacing millions in Iran and Afghanistan, while wars accelerate emissions: the US-Iran and Ukraine-Russia conflicts, plus Israel's Gaza war (estimated at 33 million tons of CO₂e), add to environmental damage. The piece criticizes Trump's rollback of climate policies and Germany's delay of climate neutrality to 2050. It concludes that Earth suffers from corporate greed, geopolitical rivalries, military-industrial interests, and willful ignorance—with nature caught in the crossfire of inaction and conflict.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/528700/Nature-in-the-crossfire-of-climate-inaction-and-wars

Images of US missile strike on residential homes in Qeshm

🔹A US missile attack on residential homes in the Chah-Tangoo neighborhood of Qeshm city has martyred three members of a single family.

🔹Two other children from the same family were wounded and transferred to a medical center for treatment.

Martyrs of US attack on residential homes in Qeshm

🔹In the US missile strike on civilian homes in the Chah-Tangoo neighborhood of Qeshm, three members of the Jafari family were martyred: the father, Gheysar Jafari, his wife Zahra Jafari, and their two-year-old son, Sina.

3 IRGC members from Zanjan province martyred in US missile strike

🔹The Public Relations of Zanjan's Ansar al-Mahdi (AJ) IRGC Corps announced that three proud and brave Guards—Mahmoud Molajabari, Mohammad Reza Cheraghi, and Jamal Amiri—were martyred on August 8, 2026, while defending Iran's borders and people in a brutal US terrorist strike.

🔹The Corps strongly condemned the "bestial crime" and extended its congratulations and condolences on their martyrdom to Imam Mahdi (AJ), Imam Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, the families of the martyrs, and the Iranian nation.

Kermanshah among West Asia’s oldest human settlement areas, researcher says

Kermanshah is one of the oldest known human settlement areas on the Iranian Plateau and West Asia, with evidence dating back one million years, researcher Mohsen Derekeh said. Abundant water, favorable climate, and the Zagros mountains made it an early habitat. Key sites include Bisotun Cave (excavated by Carlton Coon in the 1940s), Warwasi Rock Shelter (with Neanderthal and modern human tools), and Wezmeh Cave (yielding a Neanderthal child's tooth, 40,000–70,000 years old). Recent work continues to reveal early occupation evidence. Derekeh emphasized that studying Kermanshah's prehistoric sites is essential to understanding human settlement across the region.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/528653/Kermanshah-among-West-Asia-s-oldest-human-settlement-areas-researcher

IRGC destroys 3 F-35 jets, damages 3 more at Jordan's Al-Azraq base in response to Qeshm massacre