Although no formal ‘water war’ has been declared in the
ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran in the Middle
East, the region’s primary source of drinking water, seawater desalination
plants—has come under repeated attacks.
As part of the escalating military tensions, US forces
launched a strike Friday night on a key water purification pumping facility in
Iran, leaving about 10,000 people without access to water.
In an interview with the Tasnim News Agency on Saturd...