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https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/26/us-iran-mines-israel-village-missile-munitions-weapons-war-conflict/

RED FUCKING ALERT

The United States is dropping land mines around villages in Iran. Images posted to social media Thursday show what experts said are U.S. land mines dispersed across a residential area in southern Iran, in what appears to be the first instance in more than two decades of American forces using the weapons.

The photos show American BLU-91/B anti-tank land mines, which are released from an aircraft as part of the Gator mine scattering system, according to four munitions experts who reviewed the imagery at The Washington Post’s request. The United States is the only party in the Iran war known to possess the system.

LAND MINES ARE A WAR CRIME! What in the actual fuck are we doing here? This is a violation of law, of sense, and of humanity. Den Hague for everyone involved.

#landmine #us #warcrimes #iran

Evidence Points to US Scattering Mines over Iranian Village - bellingcat

US appears to have deployed the Gator Scatterable Mine system over Kafari, a village near Shiraz, Iran.

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Alfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕19h ago

@MissConstrue and every single country aiding the #USofA in this unlawful war on #Iran is complicit in this/these war crime(s). @Bellingcat

Wendroid 🇺🇦19h ago

@MissConstrue Apologies but we ARE the fcking bad guys

Дими́трий 18h ago

@wendinoakland @MissConstrue

since 1492

Wendroid 🇺🇦18h ago

@saltywizard @MissConstrue That was when we were Europeans. Then we were FKABritish. (sorry, jk).

@wendinoakland @MissConstrue

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I would not be surprised if trump goes scorched on Iran out of pride and the world looks the other way.

No one will stand up to America unless they attack NATO.

They are known war criminals and ignore the Hague.

As we have seen, laws only matter when they can be enforced.

paul (@[email protected])

"A friend in Cuba just notified me that every single patient in that hospital that was on ventilators died tonight." https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/turn-the-lights-back-on the gop is 1) a terrorist organization 2) a criminal organization 3) both [ ] a terrorist organization [ ] a criminal organization [ ] both

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Ms. Que Banh 19h ago

@MissConstrue They're dropping electromagnetic landmines too. Those are really dangerous & have a massive blast meter. They're newer landmine tech & illegal. Reason2Resist YouTube channel has a good video explaining those kind of munitions dropped on Iranian villages.

Felis_Catus_Domesticus 9h ago

@PhoenixSerenity @MissConstrue

They're newer landmine tech & illegal.

says who?

Ms. Que Banh 9h ago

@[email protected] I see that your trolling ass is back again. Thanks, for exposing it here 🤡

#Troll #MultipleAccounts #BlockTrolls #ReportTrolls #NukeTrolls

Felis_Catus_Domesticus 9h ago

@PhoenixSerenity @MissConstrue

Aww, I'm just a little misunderstood, that's all.

Felis_Catus_Domesticus 8h ago

@PhoenixSerenity @MissConstrue

If you don't like my posts, then block me, please.

Edelruth, PBS Passport Holder 19h ago

Trump cannot remain President. No Kings could make that it's focus.

Trump must resign.

EmB Philo 19h ago

@MissConstrue
War crimes galore!!

I hope Jack Smith is back at The Hague to finish his fine work!

Sherlock Schaf 19h ago

@MissConstrue Trump is a Warcriminal

Sharp Cheddar Goblin 19h ago

@MissConstrue The USA is just multiple war crimes in a trenchcoat, really.

freeluna 18h ago

@MissConstrue what bothers me is that the military officers should know that they’re committing war crimes and yet they still follow orders.

Ollie 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦15h ago

@billclawson @MissConstrue There is no longer a single innocent person in the US Government, DOD, or its military branches.

They are all, at minimum, complicit in war crimes. Sadly, escalating their crimes no longer surprises me ☹️

Jürgen Hubert 18h ago

While I am fully capable of believing that the current government of the USA would do this for the Evilulz, I would like to have a few different independent confirmations of this.

Any conflict in the Middle East is accompanied by _deluges_ of fake propaganda from all sides.

Mungen Cakes ✅17h ago

@juergen_hubert @MissConstrue

That's not on Miss Construe. That's on you.

Jürgen Hubert 16h ago

@Mungencakes @MissConstrue

And I stand by my stance of not automatically believing everything I read on social media.

Mungen Cakes ✅16h ago

@juergen_hubert @MissConstrue

You stand by your stance of not going and checking yourself.

Felis_Catus_Domesticus 9h ago

@juergen_hubert @Mungencakes @MissConstrue

Here, here!

Disisdeguey🔻PalestineAction🇵🇸5h ago

@juergen_hubert @Mungencakes @MissConstrue So you are waiting for the New York Times or Washington Post to tell you? 😁

Jürgen Hubert 4h ago

@disisdeguey @Mungencakes @MissConstrue

Why would I read those?

Disisdeguey🔻PalestineAction🇵🇸4h ago

@juergen_hubert @Mungencakes @MissConstrue Don't

Donald Ball 16h ago

@juergen_hubert @MissConstrue The Bellingcat folk are *very* careful and measured in their claims.

Jürgen Hubert 8h ago

@donaldball @MissConstrue

Okay, that's good to know - I hadn't heard of them before. I'll keep an eye on how this story develops further.

A war crime indeed… Trump and his cronies shooting the US in the foot again…

thomas_shone 17h ago

@MissConstrue I mean yes, but also I'd like to not be invaded thank you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act

American Service-Members' Protection Act - Wikipedia

MissConstrue 16h ago

@thomas_shone Yeah, that needs to be abolished too.

derptron 16h ago

@MissConstrue @thomas_shone Bush era.

Franceska Mann 16h ago

The United States commits war crimes against its own citizens in the streets. Tear gas is a chemical weapon and it is a war crime. They're using much worse gas on citizens too. Our government bombed a girls school and commercial fishing boats. They're committing so many war crimes we can't keep up with them. And they have no accountability. Accountability will happen in the future with documentation and when they are out of power. That day cannot come soon enough.

Felis_Catus_Domesticus 9h ago

@FranceskaMann @MissConstrue

Tear gas is a chemical weapon and it is a war crime.

On a battlefield, yes. Used for civilian riot control it is not even remotely a crime, much less a war crime. In fact, tear gas is used by police all around the world for civilian riot control.
Also not illegal for the military to use it for riot control either- whether in a civilian or a military context. Hurts a lot less than a bullet, in any case.

social elephant in the room 6h ago

@Felis_Catus_Domesticus @FranceskaMann @MissConstrue It is not because it is used legally that it is not a crime. Have you ever breathe tear gas? I had the chance to breathe some a few years ago. It was used on everyone peacefully protesting the killing of a teenager including elderly and children.

Do not let them define what constitute a crime. Do not let them control the narrative.

Its a troll

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Franceska Mann 5h ago

@Felis_Catus_Domesticus @MissConstrue

How does that colonizer kool ade taste? Tear gas is an international war crime. Stop making excuses for war hungry pedophiles. You sound like a savage.

Violet Madder 6h ago

@FranceskaMann @MissConstrue

And hospitals. Don't forget the hospitals.

lemgandi 16h ago

Even though they are anti-tank mines they may still explode if disturbed in any way. And they are designed to eventually explode spontaneously ("self-destruct").

Hilarity Ensues.

@lemgandi @MissConstrue Interestingly enough, they need to do that in order to comply with treaties. If they didn't self-destruct, they would only be allowed in fenced and marked areas according to CCW.

Not to diminish from all the war crimes that have already happened, but this thing is a surprisingly grey area as far as war crimes go. The weapons and their use is not really a war crime, but dropping them on villages might count as civilian targeting.

Toni Aittoniemi 15h ago

@MissConstrue It ain’t being called the Министерство военных преступлений for nothing. 🤨

there may be an attempt here to segregate zones, in the hope of internal conflict, or at a minimum force protection for troops on their way -- using civilians (coastal high ground with a 'missile to the straight view').

expect to see lots of leaflets fall, and in-smuggling of starlink bases with cell capability.

MissConstrue 15h ago

@rexi it may be, but this is still a civilian area, and even though we didn’t sign the treaty banning them outright, it has been international law for half a century or more that you cannot deploy them in civilian areas.

Felis_Catus_Domesticus 9h ago

@MissConstrue @rexi

this is still a civilian area

clearly that is a matter open to interpretation by military lawyers..

Ray M Cooper 15h ago

Maria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️15h ago

@MissConstrue FUCK. Are they sure it was us? Jeez. I want to crawl into a hole.

MissConstrue 15h ago

@mlanger We are the only people on the planet with these munitions.

@MissConstrue You'd have to b pretty stupid 2 step on 1 of those. Seems like BS.

MissConstrue 15h ago

In 2024, (latest year analyzed)landmines and other explosive remnants of war killed or injured 6,279 people globally, the highest annual total since 2020. This included 1,945 deaths and 4,325 injuries.

Civilians made up 90% of the victims, with children accounting for nearly half (46%) of civilian casualties.

Landmines get hidden quickly by dust. These munitions are not stable and cause enormous damage over a wide area. I believe one might consider doing the teeniest bit of research before commenting on the mental acuity of children forced to walk through a minefield to get to school.

social elephant in the room 7h ago

@MissConstrue @GF493D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Treaty

Ottawa Treaty - Wikipedia

Nine Stones Close 15h ago

@MissConstrue the US and Israel are rogues states run by war criminals. They must be treated as an enemy by all.

Jargoggles 14h ago

@MissConstrue
Land mines are some of the most evil fucking things on the planet - absolutely monstrous.

Drew 🇵🇭 ♾️10h ago

@MissConstrue Den Haag is too good for them. We need summary executions by firing squad.

Felis_Catus_Domesticus 9h ago

Reality/Fact check:

you'de be hard pressed to detonate an anti-tank mine with anything weighing less than a tank...

what they DO need to be careful about is the auto self destruct (safety!) feature.. is it set to 4 hours, 24 hours, 15 days? But that's a problem for the profesionals- Iranian EOD crews.. not civilians. Well, maybe the stupid civilians, but anyone with a brain will steer clear of one if they find it.

Disisdeguey🔻PalestineAction🇵🇸5h ago

@MissConstrue So now they can keep killing all those Iranians they were crying to "liberate" right?