Kuwait: An Indian worker killed following Iranian attacks on power and water desalination plant
"Iranian attack damages Kuwait power and desalination plant, kills worker", 30 March 2026
An Iranian attack on a power and water desalination plant in Kuwait has killed one Indian worker and damaged a building at the site, according to Kuwaiti authorities, as regional tensions heighten amid the United States-Israeli war on Iran.
“A service building at a power and water desalination plant was attacked as part of the Iranian aggression against the State of Kuwait, resulting in the death of an Indian worker and significant material damage to the building,” Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity said in a statement …
Technical and emergency response teams were immediately sent to the site to deal with the aftermath of the attack and ensure the normal continuation of operations, it added.
“The brutal aggression by the Israeli regime against Kuwait’s desalination plant, carried out in recent hours under the pretext of accusing the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a sign of the vileness and depravity of the Zionist occupiers,” said the military’s operational command Khatam al-Anbiya in a statement carried by state TV…
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry condemned the attack in the “strongest terms the heinous Iranian aggressions targeting a camp, power Station, and water desalination plant in Kuwait”.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs … in this context, affirms the State of Qatar’s full solidarity with the State of Kuwait and its support for all measures it takes to preserve its sovereignty and security,” it said in a post on X.
Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi reporting from Dubai said there’s been “serious concern” in the GCC about attacks on integrated power plants and water desalination plants like the one in Kuwait.
“The region produces 40 percent of overall global desalinated water, and it is consumed in the region, and it’s where these cities get their potable drinking water from,” he added…
Iranian forces have hit back with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel and regional countries hosting US military assets, causing casualties and damage to infrastructure…