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US Strikes Cut Phone, Water And Power To Southern Iran

US Strikes Cut Phone, Water And Power To Southern Iran

Hormozgan's chief of communications counted 116 towers down in Bandar Abbas and Hajiabad, the campaign's seventh straight day.

  • Bonji's desalination pumps and power lines were hit, cutting drinking water to villages in the south.
  • Iran's consumer prices rose 88.6% year on year in June, with a 5.4% GDP contraction forecast.
  • Egg prices in Tehran jumped 40% to $3.30 a tray in early July alone.

Why it matters: Destroying phone towers and desalination pumps together aims at the civilians who cannot fight back.

ZeroHedge (citing Hormozgan chief of communications & IT via Tasnim/Fars/Al Jazeera) ↗ · Jul 18, 20267/18/26