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How water is under attack in Iran and Bahrain

A youth drinks water from a fountain in Mellat Park in Tehran on Nov. 9, 2025. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
A youth drinks water from a fountain in Mellat Park in Tehran on Nov. 9, 2025. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

This weekend, two desalination plants came under attack in Iran and Bahrain.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Georgetown University professor Marcus King about why this technology is so vital for the arid Middle East and the precedent these attacks set in future conflicts.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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