Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars.
Christiaan Triebert
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The roof of the larger structure to the east is still intact, but multiple images show it has a small hole punched through the center of the roof. This is consistent with precision strikes, as seen before in Minab as well.
NYT visual analysis suggests the US hit 2 drinking-water facilities overnight in s Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure is war crime. When asked, Hegseth tenaciously refused to identify a legitimate military target connected with this attack.
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A local water official said the strike knocked out two reservoirs supplying drinking water to more than 20K people, as temperature topped 37°C/100°F. Tankers trucked in water until a bypass line in the waterpipe was built.
In a text message, a Central Command spokesman told my colleague @ckoettl.bsky.social that he was aware of the reports of damage at the facility, but did not provide further information.
Fragments reportedly recovered at the site were identified by
the Open Source Munitions Portal as remnants from a GBU-39, a small precision glide bomb. Its signature fits that hole through the roof and walls still standing. bsky.app/profile/muni...
Today, photos and videos released by Iranian media (state, non-state) and the provincial water authority showed the smaller building to the west reduced to rubble — its concrete roof collapsed into the reservoir below.
The water facilities sit on a hilltop near Bemani (بمانی), near the Strait of Hormuz, where the U.S. said it had conducted strikes. Satellite imagery from the morning of June 9 shows the two buildings intact.
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