Iran delegates quit COP28 over Israeli presence

Iranian delegates walk out of UN climate talks in the United Arab Emirates in protest over the presence of Israeli representatives, state media reports.

The Iranian side considers Israel’s presence at COP28 “as contrary to the goals and guidelines of the conference and, in protest, it left the conference venue,” Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian, who heads the Iranian delegation, is quoted as saying by the official news agency IRNA.

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