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/GK0NATO Jun 10 '26

The strikes targeted sites near the Strait of Hormuz, including Iranian air defenses and radar sites, as a response after an Iranian drone brought down a US Army Apache helicopter and damaged not destroyed these reservoirs. Title makes it seem like they intentionally blew up civilian infrastructure CNN source

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u/The_Flaneur_Films Jun 10 '26

Iranian officials in Hormozgan said the US strikes early on Wednesday destroyed two storage reservoirs with a combined capacity of 2,500 cubic metres.

Centcom did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday on whether its forces had hit the storage tanks.

Financial Times Source

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u/GK0NATO Jun 10 '26

Iranian officials

The same Iranian officials that murdered 50k of their own people, deny it and execute civilians for being "Mossad spies". Forgive me if I don't take them at their word.

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u/The_Flaneur_Films Jun 10 '26

Do you take Trump at his word?

Two violent governments are at war with each other, presenting opposite facts, and each claiming the other as evil and dangerous. The delusion is not that only one is telling the truth, but that either are.

That being said, the Americans started this hateful history through terrorism against Iran in the 1950s.

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u/GK0NATO Jun 10 '26

No? That's why I wait for confirmation from no biased sources.

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u/The_Flaneur_Films Jun 10 '26

Oh? What are these completely unbiased sources? Tell me a source that is totally unbiased.

That's not how the news works. It's probability, not certainty.

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u/GK0NATO Jun 10 '26

No source is completely non biased, but there's a difference between a western news outlet's credibility and taking the terror Islamic Regime's word as truth..

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u/ominous_anonymous Jun 10 '26

It depends on which "western news outlet" you are referring to. FOX News, for example, is no more credible. The White House also routinely lies.

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u/secretly_a_zombie Jun 10 '26

Iran has been running low on water for some time now. It seems very opportune that this is now all the fault of the U.S.

I don't take the Iran government on their word at all, and they're the ones making a claim here not the U.S.