The Pentagon bombed Iran’s drinking water. On June 10, U.S. strikes destroyed two water reservoirs in Sirik, a town in Iran’s southern Hormo
On June 10, U.S. strikes destroyed two water reservoirs in Sirik, a town in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province near the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said the reservoirs held 2,500 cubic meters and supplied drinking water to more than 20,000 people in 10 villages. He called the attack a “calculated war crime.”
A New York Times visual analysis published June 11 confirmed the account: precision-guided U.S. munitions struck two drinking-water facilities, and the Times’ analysts noted that deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure would constitute a war crime.
The strikes came during a heat wave, with temperatures in the region running between 113 and 122 degrees Fahrenheit. The villages around Sirik were already struggling with chronic water scarcity before the bombs fell.
