Iran’s Qeshm Island desalination plant out of service since early March strike

Smoke rises from Kuwait international airport after a drone strike on fuel storage in Kuwait City, Kuwait. (AP Photo)

One of the desalination plants on Iran’s Qeshm Island has been out of service ⁠since being ​hit by an air strike earlier in the month, an official from ​the ​Health Ministry told ⁠Iranian media on Tuesday.

“Drinking water on Qeshm ‌Island is provided by desalination plants. One of the desalination plants on Qeshm Island was targeted and is completely ⁠out ⁠of service as it is not ⁠possible to repair ‌it in ​the short term,” ‌the Health Ministry’s head of the Environmental and ‌Occupational ​Health ​Centre said, ​according to the news outlet Borna.

Iranian media ​quoted the deputy ⁠governor of Hormozgan province as saying the island’s desalination ‌infrastructure ⁠was only struck once earlier in the ​month.