Araghchi: The US committed a clear and desperate crime by attacking a seawater desalination plant

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi expressed his reaction, stating that a seawater desalination plant on Qeshm Island in Hormozgan province was targeted during US and Israeli airstrikes against Iran.

In a post on his social media account, Araghchi stated, "The US committed a clear and desperate crime by attacking a seawater desalination plant on Qeshm Island. As a result of this attack, the water supply for 30 villages has been affected.

Attacking Iran's infrastructure is a dangerous step that could have serious consequences. It was not Iran, but the US that set this precedent," he said.

Retaliation from the IRGC

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had carried out retaliation against a US base in Bahrain following the attack in question. The statement said, "In response to the attack by the US base in the Juffair region on the seawater desalination plant in Qeshm, the aforementioned US base was struck with solid and liquid-fueled precision-guided missiles."

Attack on the water desalination plant in Qeshm

Hormozgan Deputy Governor Ahmed Nafisi had announced yesterday evening that the seawater desalination plant belonging to the Mapna Water and Electricity Company on Qeshm Island was the target of US and Israeli attacks. Nafisi stated that the facility in question provided 12 to 15 thousand liters of water daily, meeting a portion of the water needs of Qeshm Island and its surrounding villages, and noted that after the attack, there were problems with water supply in approximately 30 villages connected to the Central, Hara, and Shahab districts of the island.