On the evening of June 9, 2026, the United States carried out airstrikes on multiple targets in southern Iran, including areas near the town of Sirik in Hormozgan Province. Iranian officials reported that two water reservoirs (and possibly related infrastructure) in the Bamani district were damaged or destroyed during the strikes. As a result, drinking water supplies were disrupted for approximately 20,000 residents in Sirik, the nearby city of Kouhestak, and surrounding villages. The U.S. military described the operation as precision strikes on Iranian air defenses, radar, communications, and surveillance sites near the Strait of Hormuz, in response to Iran downing a U.S. Army Apache helicopter. Iranian sources, however, highlighted civilian impacts, including damage to water storage facilities. The New York Times has already run an analysis on the strikes and determined there were no military targets in the vicinity and it appears to be a strike on civilian infrastructure in order to pressure the Iranian government (you can look this up, I won’t post the link as it’s behind a paywall). This is undoubtedly a war crime. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/10/us-bombs-irans-water-facilities-why-thats-so-significant
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