Either of these sources much more precisely cover what happened. They provide the context that we already hit desalination assets on Qeshm before (U.S. denied), and that this time we struck two water-storage tanks. (Which we’re also denying, but the Planet Labs imagery provides concrete evidence in a way the free sources unfortunately can’t pay for.)
Because targeting infrastructure like that is a war crime.
Mind you so is starting a war of aggression, perfidy (attacking while under a flag of truce), and a bunch of other things the US has done, so I'm not sure why they're trying to cover this one up.
No clue. You’d have to look for the pattern of things the U.S. almost certainly hit and later denied.
The Al Jazeera article suggests hitting water infrastructure is always a war crime, and then references a non-binding memo, which hints at the fact that the claim is bullshit, something cursory searching confirms. That’s probably not it since both the U.S. and Iran have proudly owned up to and threatened war crimes throughout this stupid war.
It is covered in the Financial Times and New York Times as well, but they are paywalled:
https://www.ft.com/content/155db8a4-f2ff-463b-9c6c-2b1a81047...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/world/middleeast/drinking...
Either of these sources much more precisely cover what happened. They provide the context that we already hit desalination assets on Qeshm before (U.S. denied), and that this time we struck two water-storage tanks. (Which we’re also denying, but the Planet Labs imagery provides concrete evidence in a way the free sources unfortunately can’t pay for.)
WHy is US denying this?
Because targeting infrastructure like that is a war crime.
Mind you so is starting a war of aggression, perfidy (attacking while under a flag of truce), and a bunch of other things the US has done, so I'm not sure why they're trying to cover this one up.
Even true things like the imminent award of an honor are "fake news" (Mark Twain Award, to Bill Maher). War crimes are, well, unseemly.
No clue. You’d have to look for the pattern of things the U.S. almost certainly hit and later denied.
The Al Jazeera article suggests hitting water infrastructure is always a war crime, and then references a non-binding memo, which hints at the fact that the claim is bullshit, something cursory searching confirms. That’s probably not it since both the U.S. and Iran have proudly owned up to and threatened war crimes throughout this stupid war.