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submitted 5 days ago by cm0002@literature.cafe to c/world@quokk.au

Strikes early Wednesday destroyed what appears to be a drinking-water facility on Iran’s southern coast, near the Strait of Hormuz, according to an analysis by The New York Times. Around the time of the strikes, the U.S. Central Command said in a post on X that it had conducted attacks near the strait “with precision munitions from U.S. Air Force and Navy fighter jets.”

Iranian state media reported that the U.S. had hit water storage buildings and a local official said that water was cut off to more than 20,000 people living in a town and villages nearby. Temperatures in the area have reached above 100 degrees Fahrenheit this week.

A commercial satellite image from the morning of June 9 shows two small water structures in the village of Bemani. Both have light blue pipes, typical for water distribution infrastructure, as is their location — on a hill outside of a populated area. The buildings are consistent with the description of the two storage tanks that Abdolhamid Hamzehpour, the head of the provincial water authority, said were destroyed.

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[-] Canconda@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 days ago

Oh cool the water wars are officially beginning. Looks like my retirement plan is right on schedule.

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

Just spreading humanitarianism and good will everywhere we go…

[-] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 10 points 5 days ago

Happy Warcrime Wednesday everybunny! ❤️

[-] mrmisses@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

As someone living in the states I wish the world would gang up on the states and take over

[-] Kaput@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Bad news, billionaires did...

[-] BC_viper@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Days away from an agreement

this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2026
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