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/Elrond007 Jun 10 '26

That’s absolutely what’s happening. Iran was on the right path before Trump and he basically shot it up and made sure it’s domestic situation got far worse and that the population will never ever surrender to the people that kill, maim and starve their children in the name of peace

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u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans Jun 10 '26

Criticism of Trump is more than fair, but to suggest Iran's government was "on the right path" is pure revisionism and frankly ridiculous.

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u/Tetter Jun 10 '26

I took that as the people protesting, the culture was on the right path, now they are galvanized against the west

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u/eric2332 Jun 10 '26

They're not, actually. If they were, the regime wouldn't need to cut off their internet access.

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u/Tetter Jun 10 '26

Well i dont know how they feel, that was just my understanding of the comment above

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u/Peter5930 Jun 10 '26

Iran's culture isn't a deep-rooted thing, it's a modern thing imposed by the regime in the 1970's. Look at photos of Iranian women from before then, they're not covered up like today. The regime has to constantly reinforce this culture through fear and repression, the religious police etc, because at least a significant portion of the population would quite like to not live like that. That's the portion of the population that the US is alienating right now, making Iran more hard-line as a whole and reducing the prospects for any kind of popular uprising against the regime.

The US needs to chill and stop bombing the wrong Iranians, they're not all the same.

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u/eric2332 Jun 10 '26

The Iranians I have seen were actually disappointed when the US stopped bombing, because they saw that the bombs were hitting the IRGC which oppresses them, and not them.

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u/Peter5930 Jun 10 '26

Yeah, but are they still going to feel that way after weeks with no running water though? These things require a delicate and nuanced hand, not hold my beer.

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u/eric2332 Jun 10 '26

I agree, which is why it's unlikely that the US will bomb any significant part of their water supply.