U.S. appears to drop anti-tank mines in Iranian village near Shiraz, analysts say
Source: CBS News
March 27, 2026 / 4:08 PM EDT
The U.S. may have dropped anti-tank mines over a village in southern Iran, the open-source research group Bellingcat reported Thursday, as images posted on social media appeared to show American BLU-91/B scatterable anti-tank landmines in the southern suburbs of Shiraz.
Iranian state media reported that "explosive packages" slightly larger than tuna cans had been dropped by aircraft over the area, and that some had exploded after being handled.
Several people were killed by the devices, Iranian state TV said, and it urged members of the public to report the items' locations to authorities and not touch them.
CBS News was unable to independently verify the images, and U.S. Central Command declined to comment when asked if the U.S. had deployed the munitions.
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