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An Iranian drone attack caused material damage to a water desalination plant in Bahrain, the country’s Interior Ministry announced on March 8.
“Iranian aggression indiscriminately attacked civilian targets and caused material damage to a water desalination plant following a drone attack,” the ministry said in a statement, without providing any additional details.
From its side, the country’s Electricity and Water Authority said in a statement that “there was no impact on water supplies or the power grid as a result of the Iranian attack.”
In a separate Iranian attack, three people were injured when fragments of an Iranian missile hit a university building in northern Bahrain, according to the Interior Ministry.
The ministry also announced that a strike hit a facility near Salman port causing a fire. The United States Naval Support Activity base, which is the primary headquarters for the Navy’s 5th Fleet and the Naval Forces Central Command, is located there.
A video posted online also showed what appears to be an Iranian drone hitting Crowne Plaza Manama in the capital. American troops are reported to be based there.
Iran has launched hundreds of missiles and drones at neighboring countries, especially in the Gulf, over the past week in response to the war sparked by the U.S. and Israel. The attacks targeted military facilities hosting or supporting the American military, in addition to energy facilities and infrastructure.
Just a day earlier, Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi accused the United States earlier in the day of attacking a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island.
“The U.S. committed a blatant and desperate crime by attacking a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island. Water supply in 30 villages has been impacted,” he wrote on X
Araghchi warned that “attacking Iran’s infrastructure is a dangerous move with grave consequences. The U.S. set this precedent, not Iran.”
The majority of Gulf countries largely depend on desalinated water for their inhabitants’ consumption. About 60 percent of Bahrain’s drinking water comes from desalination plants, which stands at 90 percent for Kuwait, 86 percent in Oman, 70 percent in Saudi Arabia, and 42 percent in the United Arab Emirates.
The attack on the water desalination plant in Bahrain was likely a response to the attack on Qeshm Island, but Iran is yet to officially claim responsibility.
Any further attacks on Iranian infrastructure could trigger a stronger response from the Islamic Republic, which has the ability to target all water desalination plants in neighboring countries. Such an escalation would certainly spark an unprecedented water crisis.
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iran wasted syria because it trusted russia and that’s why the israelis can destroy iran whenever they want. soleimani and nasrallah were smart and knew that syria was crucial to iran’s security.
that is why the zionist thugs killed them.
hit the arab quisling dictatorships hard.
i hope they pound those vichy bastards into the ground.
iran is in enormous danger due to russia’s betrayal of syria.if you have russia as an ally, you don’t need enemies.i hope that kazakhstan and azerbaijan truly learn the true nature of russia.as syria, armenia, venezuela, iran, and serbia. then the polish estonian latvian finnish invasion of moscow. let the traitor of traitors bashar al-assad find out how great it is to be a traitor. it is best for him and his descendants to be rap ed and sl au ghter ed by poles or lithuanians in moscow
jews are spamming “it’s russia fault” narrative. meanwhile they are attacking russia and iran. it’s like criminals blaming the cops for crimes.
maybe we should all pitch in and create an island in the atlantic ocean and put the jews there? that would be good for everybody
by what i am watching, jewish and amerikunts can only create bacterial colonies. poor bastids