MissConstrue15h ago

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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Show threadlemgandi

@MissConstrue

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.

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Show threadSamsai11h ago

@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.