There could be another dark chapter to the war in the Middle East and that’s to do with humankind’s most basic need – water. Iran, which has been suffering severe water shortages has accused the United States of striking one of its desalination plants. Tehran is now threatening to strike the Gulf’s water infrastructure if the US hits its energy facilities. So is water another frontier in this war?
Kaveh Madani, director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health and the former deputy head of Iran’s environment department spoke to The World’s Girish Sawlani about the prospect of desalination plants becoming new targets in this conflict.
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