{"id":26046,"date":"2026-07-18T08:49:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T02:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/?p=26046"},"modified":"2026-07-18T18:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T12:51:25","slug":"us-strike-on-iranian-desalination-plant-leaves-10000-without-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/?p=26046","title":{"rendered":"US strike on Iranian desalination plant leaves 10,000 without water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A US strike on a water desalination plant in the southeastern coastal village of Bunji, in Iran&#8217;s Hormozgan province, has left approximately 10,000 people without access to drinking water, a local official has said. The attack &#8220;completely disrupted the supply of drinking water to 20 villages with a population of about 10,000 people,&#8221; the CEO of the Hormozgan Water and Wastewater Company told Tasnim news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Humanitarian Impact<br \/>\nThe official said the affected villages are now facing a water shortage crisis, highlighting the civilian toll of the escalating conflict. The desalination plant had been a critical source of fresh water for the region, which is already arid. The strike is part of a broader wave of US attacks on Iranian infrastructure, which have included bridges, power facilities and telecommunications towers.<\/p>\n<p>Diplomatic Failure<br \/>\nThe military escalation continues despite a Pakistan-brokered memorandum of understanding signed in June that was intended to end the conflict and establish a lasting peace agreement. The exchange of attacks has intensified in recent days, with Iran also striking Gulf countries hosting US military assets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yeni \u015eafak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A US strike on a water desalination plant in the southeastern coastal village of Bunji, in Iran&#8217;s Hormozgan province, has left approximately 10,000 people without access to drinking water, a local official has said. The attack &#8220;completely disrupted the supply of drinking water to 20 villages with a population of about 10,000 people,&#8221; the CEO of the Hormozgan Water and Wastewater Company told Tasnim news agency. Humanitarian Impact The official said the affected villages are now facing a water shortage crisis, highlighting the civilian toll of the escalating conflict. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26047,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26046\/revisions\/26047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}