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Thousands of Iranians successful the confederate larboard municipality of Sirik person mislaid entree to drinking h2o aft U.S. strikes deed 2 reservoirs successful the area, Iranian authorities media said connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026).
The United States carried retired strikes connected the confederate cities of Jask and Sirik and connected Qeshm Island successful the Strait of Hormuz, aft what Washington said was Iran's downing of a U.S. Army Apache chopper implicit Gulf waters. The strikes damaged 2 reservoirs supplying the Bemani and Kouhestak areas of Sirik town.
"Unfortunately, pursuing this attack, 20,000 residents of the portion person mislaid entree to harmless drinking water, and with temperatures ranging betwixt 45°C and 50°C, conditions person go highly hard and captious for section inhabitants," Iran's authorities tv quoted section h2o institution officials arsenic saying.
"The demolition of these reservoirs has created a large occupation for the region's h2o proviso network," it added, noting that the country had insufficient groundwater to regenerate the damaged reservoirs.
Efforts were nether mode to find alternatives for villages affected successful the area, according to Abdolhamid Hamzehpour, a elder h2o institution authoritative successful the confederate state of Hormozgan.
Tehran condemned the strikes arsenic having been carried retired "under mendacious pretext" and responded with rocket and drone attacks connected what it said were U.S. bases successful Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait.
