Pakistan, Oct. 12 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that US-Israeli attacks on Iran's oil facilities and refineries have raised serious environmental risks.

"When an attack causes soil contamination, destruction of water resources, and the creation of hazardous materials, its effects can persist far beyond the time and place of the attack," he said, according to Iranian news ISNA.

"The environment can no longer be considered a silent victim of war. War and conflict not only target people's lives. but also water, soil, air, forests, agricultural lands, energy resources, natural habitats, and biodiversity."

He said that "the destruction of water and soil resources, air pollution, the destruction of vegetation and ...