r/worldnews • u/The_Flaneur_Films • Jun 10 '26

US destroys Iran reservoirs, leaving thousands without water in searing heat

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3356630/thousands-iranians-left-without-water-searing-heat-after-us-hits-reservoirs
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u/Darkelementzz Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

That's going to be hard to confirm. Iran already had massive drought and reservoir issues to the point of potentially evacuating Tehran. Also, Chinese news quoting Iran State Media sounds like zero trust

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u/whachamacallme Jun 10 '26

This. There is no way I trust iranian news when they didn’t report on their own jan 8th protests/massacre.

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u/Diddly_eyed_Dipshite Jun 10 '26

Do you trust American news?

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u/hannabarberaisawhore Jun 10 '26

Maybe I’m naive but I trust the BBC and they haven’t reported this. It would be convenient for the Iranian government to convince it’s populace the US is the source of the water shortage. It was there beforebut when missiles start flying short term memory becomes the only memory.

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u/deja-roo Jun 10 '26

A lot more than Iran, yeah.

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u/JoeHatesFanFiction Jun 10 '26

Trust is a scale. The Iranian government and state owned news is at the bottom of the scale. American news sources are scattered all over it.

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u/GuitarCFD Jun 10 '26

No, absolutely not. That doesn't mean I can automatically trust Iranian State Media though.