If true, and if this was intentional, that’s just a plain and simple war crime. The Geneva Convention prohibits targeting necessary civilian infrastructure, which includes water reservoirs.
Promethia on
Back in my day we called these war crimes.
HarEr89 on
I thought the reservoirs were more or less empty since last year.
joeyGibson on
I see we’ve moved into the „commit war crimes out in the open“ phase of our descent into fascism.
The_Flaneur_Films on
“Unfortunately, following this attack, 20,000 residents of the region have lost access to safe drinking water, and with temperatures ranging between 45 (113 degrees Fahrenheit) and 50 degrees Celsius, conditions have become extremely difficult and critical for local inhabitants,” Iran’s state television quoted local water company officials as saying.
CajunKush on
Is the South China Morning Post reputable?
Prize_Proof5332 on
So it’s finally infrastructure week?
teamnowak on
We are the bad guys now. I miss feeling proud to be an American.
unruly_mattress on
> Iranian state media said on Wednesday
The South China Morning Post quotes the Iranian state media claiming that the US is evil.
Call me a skeptic,
GK0NATO on
The strikes targeted sites near the Strait of Hormuz, including Iranian air defenses and radar sites, as a response after an Iranian drone brought down a US Army Apache helicopter and *damaged* not destroyed these reservoirs. Title makes it seem like they intentionally blew up civilian infrastructure [CNN source](https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/09/world/live-news/iran-war-trump-israel)
Darkelementzz on
That’s going to be hard to confirm. Iran already had massive drought and reservoir issues to the point of potentially evaluating Tehran. Also, Chinese news quoting Iran State Media sounds like zero trust
TiredOfDebates on
A source other than the “South China Morning Post” would be preferred.
Tearpusher on
All because he raped children.
DeadbeatJohnson on
Sounds like something Israel would do.
AvocaRed on
So more warcrimes by the pedo administration
IllTwo7643 on
War crimes, cool, cool. Bet the magats are wetting themselves with glee
doublethink_1984 on
War crime making those who ordered it and carried it out terrorists by definition
Amazingrhinoceros1 on
So war crimes for breakfast because of a helicopter… tell me again how cutting off civilians from drinking water is going to win this war for us?!
Law-of-Poe on
Republican voters are vile people.
Diknak on
This is a war crime. Pet hegseth should be in prison.
captainwacky91 on
Before the war, it’s been in the news that shifting weather patterns and increasing drought made Iran seriously consider moving their capital elsewhere, so the only thing this is going to punish is the local man, more than any governmental entity.
As also learned in so many previous wars, bombing the civilian population is only going to strengthen their resolve, it won’t compel them to „submit.“
Putting on my „armchair general“ hat, but if a nation felt it necessary to attack Iran, frankly that would have been the time to strike; during the move. It likely would have happened after the Ayatollah would have passed by natural means, leaving a (relatively) inexperienced new-ish leader to head what would be a rather tricky, distracting task…. But even that wouldn’t ensure that the operation would be as quick as what happened in Venezuela.
But we shouldn’t let dear leader he distracted by such petty frivolities like „stratagems“ and „tactics,“ lol I can hear the „TaHt ShIts GaY DooD“ from Hegseth already…
Fomdoo on
If only the Hague had authority to arrest Trump and Netanyahu.
loginmoveup on
I’m tired of being the bad guys.
_jump_yossarian on
Adding to the war crimes pile.
tsukahara10 on
How to create a terrorist cell 101: destroy civilian infrastructure and turn the population against you.
witty__username5 on
This is the only news outlet reporting this…
Lunchable-Toast on
**1863 re Abraham Lincoln**
The Lieber Code (a document written to govern the conduct of the Union forces during the American Civil War) as the first example of the codification of the laws of war, named after Francis Lieber (1800-1872), a German-American professor of political science and law at Columbia University, New York, who prepared–on the behalf of President Lincoln–a manual, which was enacted in 1863 for the Union Army of the United States in the American Civil War (1861-1865). This Code was the first legal code with a single set of instructions for forces in the field, governing laws of war and customs of war.
The 157 articles of the Code were based on the ideas flowing from Enlightenment, as it, for example, stressed that only armed enemies should be attacked, **that unarmed civilians and their property should be respected, and that prisoners and the wounded should be humanely treated**.
BuddhaLennon on
“Trump Administration Commits War Crime in Effort to Distract from the Epstein Files”
FTFY
WerkingAvatar on
I’m sure this must be a mistake. Maybe they thought it was a school or something.
DCS30 on
Cool, so crimes against humanity on top of regular war crimes. Explain to me how the US isn’t a warmongering, terrorist state?
Majestic_Artichoke55 on
**SAD** WORLD, **MAD** WORLD
Prestigious-Copy-494 on
I hope Iran doesn’t hack our power grids or our reservoirs in our drought areas..
AlcoholPrep on
France should have arrested Hegseth when they had their hands on him.
Trick421 on
Do you want to be guilty of committing war crimes? Because I’m pretty sure that’s a war crime.
Panthera_leo22 on
Feels like war crimey to me
brickout on
More war crimes. F*ck MAGA.
imlostintransition on
Some additional information from the New York Times
>Iran’s state broadcaster reported that U.S. military strikes hit water facilities in the south of the country on Wednesday, damaging two concrete tanks and cutting off water supplies for thousands of residents. Video published by IRIB, the state broadcaster, and verified by The New York Times, showed a damaged concrete structure with a collapsed roof in Sirik county in Hormozgan province, on the coast of the Strait of Hormuz.IRIB said that the facility was a water tank. The Times could not independently verify that claim or what caused the damage
>The two water tanks had a combined capacity of 2.5 million liters, Abdolhamid Hamzehpour, the chief executive of the province’s water company, said in a statement published on its website, adding that they were damaged by missiles. The water company said that the damage took both facilities out of service, cutting off water for 20,000 people in Kuhestak and 10 other villages in the district of Bemani.
The NYT requested comment from US Central Command, but has not yet heard back. The most recent publicly available satellite imagery available to the NYT was from January. It showed the structure near Kuhestak to be intact and on its roof was painted „Water is the pulse of life.“
ArticulateRhinoceros on
This is a war crime, is it not?
Midas_Ag on
I hate being an American right now. Our „leaders“ are despicable, less than human, ass hats, and the opposition party is just sitting there with their thumbs up their asses. Hate it so much.
schouke on
War crime don’t count when you have a trillion dollar “defense” budget.
DAMON5280 on
Wow.
gamefan5 on
Yup, this man is definitely going to prison the second he is out of office. That is definitely a war crime
Purpleshlurpy on
Nothing says peace president like poisoning the water supply of a country you’re not at war with.
b__lumenkraft on
Terrorists!
highinthemountains on
And the cruelty of the tRUMP administration rolls on unchecked
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If true, and if this was intentional, that’s just a plain and simple war crime. The Geneva Convention prohibits targeting necessary civilian infrastructure, which includes water reservoirs.
Back in my day we called these war crimes.
I thought the reservoirs were more or less empty since last year.
I see we’ve moved into the „commit war crimes out in the open“ phase of our descent into fascism.
“Unfortunately, following this attack, 20,000 residents of the region have lost access to safe drinking water, and with temperatures ranging between 45 (113 degrees Fahrenheit) and 50 degrees Celsius, conditions have become extremely difficult and critical for local inhabitants,” Iran’s state television quoted local water company officials as saying.
Is the South China Morning Post reputable?
So it’s finally infrastructure week?
We are the bad guys now. I miss feeling proud to be an American.
> Iranian state media said on Wednesday
The South China Morning Post quotes the Iranian state media claiming that the US is evil.
Call me a skeptic,
The strikes targeted sites near the Strait of Hormuz, including Iranian air defenses and radar sites, as a response after an Iranian drone brought down a US Army Apache helicopter and *damaged* not destroyed these reservoirs. Title makes it seem like they intentionally blew up civilian infrastructure [CNN source](https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/09/world/live-news/iran-war-trump-israel)
That’s going to be hard to confirm. Iran already had massive drought and reservoir issues to the point of potentially evaluating Tehran. Also, Chinese news quoting Iran State Media sounds like zero trust
A source other than the “South China Morning Post” would be preferred.
All because he raped children.
Sounds like something Israel would do.
So more warcrimes by the pedo administration
War crimes, cool, cool. Bet the magats are wetting themselves with glee
War crime making those who ordered it and carried it out terrorists by definition
So war crimes for breakfast because of a helicopter… tell me again how cutting off civilians from drinking water is going to win this war for us?!
Republican voters are vile people.
This is a war crime. Pet hegseth should be in prison.
Before the war, it’s been in the news that shifting weather patterns and increasing drought made Iran seriously consider moving their capital elsewhere, so the only thing this is going to punish is the local man, more than any governmental entity.
As also learned in so many previous wars, bombing the civilian population is only going to strengthen their resolve, it won’t compel them to „submit.“
Putting on my „armchair general“ hat, but if a nation felt it necessary to attack Iran, frankly that would have been the time to strike; during the move. It likely would have happened after the Ayatollah would have passed by natural means, leaving a (relatively) inexperienced new-ish leader to head what would be a rather tricky, distracting task…. But even that wouldn’t ensure that the operation would be as quick as what happened in Venezuela.
But we shouldn’t let dear leader he distracted by such petty frivolities like „stratagems“ and „tactics,“ lol I can hear the „TaHt ShIts GaY DooD“ from Hegseth already…
If only the Hague had authority to arrest Trump and Netanyahu.
I’m tired of being the bad guys.
Adding to the war crimes pile.
How to create a terrorist cell 101: destroy civilian infrastructure and turn the population against you.
This is the only news outlet reporting this…
**1863 re Abraham Lincoln**
The Lieber Code (a document written to govern the conduct of the Union forces during the American Civil War) as the first example of the codification of the laws of war, named after Francis Lieber (1800-1872), a German-American professor of political science and law at Columbia University, New York, who prepared–on the behalf of President Lincoln–a manual, which was enacted in 1863 for the Union Army of the United States in the American Civil War (1861-1865). This Code was the first legal code with a single set of instructions for forces in the field, governing laws of war and customs of war.
The 157 articles of the Code were based on the ideas flowing from Enlightenment, as it, for example, stressed that only armed enemies should be attacked, **that unarmed civilians and their property should be respected, and that prisoners and the wounded should be humanely treated**.
“Trump Administration Commits War Crime in Effort to Distract from the Epstein Files”
FTFY
I’m sure this must be a mistake. Maybe they thought it was a school or something.
Cool, so crimes against humanity on top of regular war crimes. Explain to me how the US isn’t a warmongering, terrorist state?
**SAD** WORLD, **MAD** WORLD
I hope Iran doesn’t hack our power grids or our reservoirs in our drought areas..
France should have arrested Hegseth when they had their hands on him.
Do you want to be guilty of committing war crimes? Because I’m pretty sure that’s a war crime.
Feels like war crimey to me
More war crimes. F*ck MAGA.
Some additional information from the New York Times
>Iran’s state broadcaster reported that U.S. military strikes hit water facilities in the south of the country on Wednesday, damaging two concrete tanks and cutting off water supplies for thousands of residents. Video published by IRIB, the state broadcaster, and verified by The New York Times, showed a damaged concrete structure with a collapsed roof in Sirik county in Hormozgan province, on the coast of the Strait of Hormuz.IRIB said that the facility was a water tank. The Times could not independently verify that claim or what caused the damage
>The two water tanks had a combined capacity of 2.5 million liters, Abdolhamid Hamzehpour, the chief executive of the province’s water company, said in a statement published on its website, adding that they were damaged by missiles. The water company said that the damage took both facilities out of service, cutting off water for 20,000 people in Kuhestak and 10 other villages in the district of Bemani.
[(1) Iran War Live Updates: Trump Threatens Iran Amid Prolonged Peace Talks; U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes – The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/10/world/iran-war-trump-us#drinking-water-facilities-hit-by-strikes-in-iran-state-media-reports)
The NYT requested comment from US Central Command, but has not yet heard back. The most recent publicly available satellite imagery available to the NYT was from January. It showed the structure near Kuhestak to be intact and on its roof was painted „Water is the pulse of life.“
This is a war crime, is it not?
I hate being an American right now. Our „leaders“ are despicable, less than human, ass hats, and the opposition party is just sitting there with their thumbs up their asses. Hate it so much.
War crime don’t count when you have a trillion dollar “defense” budget.
Wow.
Yup, this man is definitely going to prison the second he is out of office. That is definitely a war crime
Nothing says peace president like poisoning the water supply of a country you’re not at war with.
Terrorists!
And the cruelty of the tRUMP administration rolls on unchecked