US strike on water desalination plant left about 10,000 without water: Iranian official

An anti-U.S. banner featuring the inscription “You will drown in the sea of the Iranian nation’s revenge” is displayed on a building at Fatimi Square in Tehran, Iran, on July 16, 2026. [Fatemeh Bahrami – Anadolu Agency]

A US strike on a water desalination plant in Iran’s southeastern coastal village of Bunji, in Hormozgan province, has left around 10,000 without water, a provincial official said on Saturday, Anadolu reports.

The attack “completely disrupted the supply of drinking water to 20 villages with a population of about 10,000 people,” Iran’s semi-official news agency Tasnim quoted the CEO of the Hormozgan Water and Wastewater Company as saying.

“These villages are facing a water shortage crisis,” added the official.

Tensions have heightened in the Middle East, where the US and Iran continue to exchange attacks in recent days.

The military escalation comes despite a Pakistan-brokered memorandum of understanding signed in June to end the war and reach a lasting peace agreement.

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