US EditionIran’s Water Weapon Against the Gulf
Iran threatens Gulf desalination plants amid escalating strikes and US threats, risking water supplies that provide over 40% of the region’s drinking water, officials said.
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Iran’s Water Weapon Against the Gulf
While the rest of the world is mainly concerned about the energy disruptions caused by the Iran war, the Gulf countries are more anxious about the Islamic Republic’s threats to their desalination facilities. If the US attempts to seize Kharg Island, it could spell disaster for the region's "saltwater kingdoms."
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – Oil monarchies in the Persian Gulf tend to be described as petrostates. However, the war between the United States and Israel and Iran has shown that they are also saltwater kingdoms, societies whose survival depends on desalination, that is to say, turning sea water into potable water on an industrial scale. Life in the Gulf is based on the "black magic" of transforming oil and its income into water.This technological ski…
Madrid. Desalination plants allow drinking water to be obtained from the sea in regions with water shortages to supply the population but there are reports of attacks on installations in the Iran war. The geopolitical context is turning into a weapon of war a vital resource, water, which is also the great victim of climate change on the planet. In the Persian Gulf, water scarcity reaches critical levels. More than 80% of consumption depends on d…
In the Middle East, the conflict is now escalating not over energy, but over water, the very source of life. The tension, which began with US President Donald Trump's harsh rhetoric, has reached a new level with Iran's threat to "strike desalination plants." At this critical juncture, which could directly impact the lives of millions in the Gulf, experts are drawing attention to the risk of both a humanitarian catastrophe and a global economic c…
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