### [2026-07-13](/feed/2026/07/13/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# According to Mehr News Agency, Khuzestan deputy governor Valiollah Hayati says that a security guard was killed in a U.S. strike on a water pumping station in Bandar Mahshahr, Iran. 




### Sources:

1. [AA](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/1-killed-4-injured-in-us-strike-on-water-pumping-station-in-southwest-iran/3996005)

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