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This is told as being the truth, but the actual source for this framing is Iran. Possibly propaganda by exaggeration.
Take a deep breath and think. Don't just 100% believe everything they say.
You posted this comment at least 20 minutes after someone responded to your similar comment in another post offering a US imperialist news source reporting the same news:
As opposed to the American propaganda by straight up lying.
The propaganda that you recognize as propaganda is probably not targetted at you. The propaganda that makes you go "those fucking assholes" is the one that's probably targetted at you.
What are you talking about?
If it happened 2 years ago I would have agreed with you and dismissed any statement from Iran as propaganda, but now...
Do you think the iranian government has become more credible because they're in state of active war? Why would that happen?
US government has of course taken a nose dive in terms of honesty, no argument from me there.
the cheeto in charge already boasted to wanting to destroy the civilian water infrastructure and nonchalantly do war crimes, so this news is not that unbelievable https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/01/politics/trump-iran-water-plants-strikes
Seems to me that the guy is incapable of telling the truth, but who knows, perhaps that one is an exception.
No more or less credible than they've always been. Why should they lie about this? The US has spy satellites in orbit. If the water infrastructure was fine, it'd be a very easy thing to prove. And, as others have pointed out, this very thing has been talked about by the US leadership.
Why are you keeping denying facts confirmed by american investigations. You aretrying to hide crimes against humanity