Qeshm Island’s desalination plant out of service, health official

A picture taken on April 29, 2023, shows a municipal worker sweeping a seaside promenade as a shipping vessel sails past Iran's Gulf island of Qeshm. (FILE/AFP)
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Updated 31 March 2026
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Qeshm Island’s desalination plant out of service, health official

  • Iran said earlier in March that a desalination plant on Qeshm Island was ​targeted in ​air strikes

DUBAI: One of the desalination plants on Iran’s Qeshm ​Island has been out of service since being hit by an air strike, an official from the ‌Health Ministry told ‌Iranian ​media ‌on ⁠Tuesday, ​without saying ⁠when the strike occurred.
“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 Center said, according to the news outlet Borna.
Iran said earlier in March that a desalination plant on Qeshm Island was ​targeted in ​air strikes.