US's Wednesday Strikes on Iran Damaged Drinking Water Facility Near Strait of Hormuz
Analysis showed the damage matched a precision strike, as more than 20,000 residents lost drinking water and Iran accused the US of targeting civilian infrastructure.
- On Wednesday, US strikes destroyed two water reservoirs in Iran's Bamani district, Hormozgan Province, cutting drinking water for 20,000 residents as temperatures exceeded 100°F.
- Retaliating for the downing of a US Apache helicopter on Tuesday, the US Central Command stated strikes targeted Iranian air defense, radar, and surveillance sites near the Strait of Hormuz.
- Weapons experts identified GBU-39 precision-guided bomb fragments at the site, consistent with damage showing a clean hole punched through the facility's roof.
- Hormozgan Water and Wastewater Company CEO Abdolhamid Hamzehpour reported mobile water tanks were deployed to nearby villages for 12 hours until crews built a new line bypassing the damaged reservoirs.
- The World Resources Institute classifies Iran as facing extremely high water stress, and critics and Iranian officials argue the strike violates Article 54 of the Geneva Convention protecting civilian infrastructure.
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The New York Times investigation into Wednesday's attack. Destroy two structures, left without water 20,000 people
On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, civilian infrastructure was destroyed in Bemani district, near the Strait of Ormuz. The Iranian authorities denounce a "war crime".
U.S. Attacks Iranian Water Reservoirs Amid “Normalization” of Targeting Civilian Infrastructure
We continue our conversation with acclaimed Iranian environmental scientist Kaveh Madani, who comments on U.S. strikes targeting Iranian water reservoirs, which have exacerbated the country’s water shortage. He criticizes the “normalization of targeting civil infrastructure as a part of a war.” “Who suffers from the consequences of this? The poor community, the vulnerable communities,” says Madani.
War crime: US 'precision strikes' cut water access to 20,000...
The 'self-defense' strikes that Washington said it carried out destroyed part of a key water facility in Hormozgan province The US military's recent airstrikes on a drinking water facility in southern Iran "could constitute a war crime," a 10 June New York Times (NYT) investigation said after an attack by Washington cut off water to tens of thousands of people. Satellite imagery released and verified by NYT shows the two water structures in Bema…
Iran claims the US struck a water facility. The US says it is investigating.
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