Photos suggest US bombs damaged drinking water tanks in Iran | CNN

US-made precision bombs appear to have struck two drinking water facilities in southern Iran, according to images posted by Iran’s semi-official news agency and an independent outlet, and analyzed by CNN. The photos of the damaged water tanks, which lie adjacent to each other, were first geolocated to the Bamani area by an independent researcher who posts under the name acceladealer on X, then subsequently confirmed by CNN. Water facilities are protected under the Geneva Convention. In March, US President Donald Trump floated the idea of the United States attacking Iran’s water desalinization plants in a Truth Social post. The threat raised widespread alarm among America’s Gulf allies. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday was asked in general about targeting civilian infrastructure in Iran, though not specifically about the water facility strikes, and whether such attacks would amount to a war crime. In response, he said that was a “disingenuous question” and that the US would hit targets “that improve the environment for us to operate in.” One image released by the semi-official Mehr news agency on Wednesday features components from a GBU-39 series bomb, a pre