Paris ¨C Attacks on water systems are uncommon in wartime, but Iran has threatened to target desalination plants after it said its own water and energy infrastructure had sustained damage in the ongoing war with Israel and the U.S.
Iran¡¯s military renewed its threats on Sunday against the region¡¯s infrastructure after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to ¡°obliterate¡± power plants in the Islamic republic if the Strait of Hormuz was not swiftly reopened.
¡°Following previous warnings, if Iran¡¯s fuel and energy infrastructure is violated by the enemy, all energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure belonging to the U.S. and the regime (Israel) in the region will be targeted,¡± the Iranian military¡¯s operational command Khatam Al-Anbiya said in a statement carried by the Fars news agency.
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