Bahrain says the latest Iranian attacks on the country have damaged a water desalination plant and injured three people as Tehran continues its air campaign against its Gulf neighbours.
In a statement on X, the Bahraini Ministry of Interior said an Iranian drone attack on Sunday morning damaged the desalination plant, which processes seawater to supply freshwater to residents.
“The Iranian aggression randomly bombs civilian targets and causes material damage to a water desalination plant following an attack by a drone,” the ministry statement said.
Iran said it was the United States that set a precedent for such attacks when it targeted a water desalination plant on Iranian soil.
“The US committed a blatant and desperate crime by attacking a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X on Saturday.
“Water supply in 30 villages has been impacted. Attacking Iran’s infrastructure is a dangerous move with grave consequences. The US set this precedent, not Iran.”
The approximately 400 plants in the Gulf states, which are mainly powered by oil and gas, produce about 40 percent of the world’s desalinated water. Bahrain is estimated to generate the majority of its drinking water from such plants.
In a separate announcement, the Bahraini Interior Ministry said three people were injured and a university building in northern Bahrain was damaged when fragments of an Iranian missile fell there.
Sirens were activated in the Muharraq area in the morning, alerting the public to take shelter, the ministry said on X.
Credit: aljazeera.com
