Image: A water desalination plant near Jask, Iran was damaged in US attacks on the southern part of the country on July 18, 2026.  (Photo by @Khabar_Fouri/X)

Julia Conley of Common Dreams reports: “About 10,000 people in nearly two dozen villages in southern Iran were without drinking water while the region was under an excessive heat warning on Saturday, after the US struck a water desalination plant in the village of Bonji in one of its latest attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure.

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting said the drinking water supply was expected to be restored within a week, and emergency supply operations had begun…”

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