The US president has threatened to destroy Iran's desalination plants if talks to end the war do not advance. Desalination plants across the Gulf region have become targets, posing a risk to civilian infrastructure.

US president Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Iran's desalination plants if talks to end the war do not advance. Desalination plants across the Gulf region have become target during the one-month old war being vital civilian infrastructure targeted as vulnerabilities by Iran and Israel and the US alike.