{"id":595171,"date":"2026-05-02T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=595171"},"modified":"2026-05-02T17:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:25:00","slug":"unexploded-ordinance-accident-kills-14-irgc-members-state-media-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=595171","title":{"rendered":"Unexploded Ordinance Accident Kills 14 IRGC Members: State Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unexploded Ordinance Accident Kills 14 IRGC Members: State Media<\/span><\/p>\n

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Trump’s operation Epic Fury saw a combined number of US-Israeli strikes in the many thousands unleashed on Iran. The common high estimates suggest over 13,000 strikes by the American side, and possibly 10,000 by the Israelis – which are staggering figures.<\/p>\n

While the severe damage to Iranian cities, bases, missile sites, and infrastructure has been abundantly clear – the hidden reality is the apparently persistent danger of unexploded ordinance still littering the country<\/strong>. On Friday state media reported a mass casualty event involving Iranian military members due to unexploded bombs.<\/p>\n

“An explosion of leftover bombs from strikes during the war against Iran killed 14 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/strong>, Iranian media reports,” AFP reports<\/a> based on state media.<\/p>\n

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Example of large unexploded bomb in Gaza, Getty Images<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“A report by the Nour news <\/em>website, believed to be close to Iran\u2019s security, says the explosion happened near the northern city of Zanjan, which is northwest of Tehran,” AFP continues.<\/p>\n

And notably, “It is the largest number of IRGC members reported to be killed<\/strong> since the ceasefire began on April 7,” it continues, describing that cluster bombs and ‘air mines’<\/strong> which had been dropped during prior US and Israeli aids caused the deadly blasts.<\/p>\n

The major blast could have been the result of an IRGC operation to recover the bombs, given that the last week has seen reports that the IRGC had recovered a fully intact GBU-57 Bunker Buster bomb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While unconfirmed, one defense source said as follows<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The reported recovery by Iran of more than 15 unexploded American precision-guided munitions<\/strong>, including at least one fully intact GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, may prove to be one of the most strategically consequential intelligence gains in Tehran\u2019s military history.<\/em><\/p>\n

If confirmed, the transfer of these weapons to Iranian \u201ctechnical and research units\u201d for reverse engineering would transform a failed deep-strike campaign against hardened nuclear facilities into a long-term technology compromise for both Washington and Tel Aviv.<\/em><\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), through statements linked to the Imam Sajjad Corps in Hormozgan province and state-linked outlets including Press TV, IRNA, and Tasnim News, framed the recovered ordnance not as battlefield debris but as a strategic opportunity capable of accelerating deterrence<\/strong>, bunker survivability, and indigenous precision-strike development.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As for this new mass casualty event, another source adds the following further details<\/a>: “The IRGC’s Ansar al-Mahdi unit in Zanjan said demolition teams had entered a contaminated area to identify and neutralize unexploded munitions<\/strong> left from recent airstrikes when the deadly explosion happened on Friday.”<\/p>\n

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Illustrative via Popular Mechanics\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Friday incident strongly suggests there are other extreme danger zones, and given that thousands of bombs rained down all over Iran during the height of US-Israeli war, there could be more such deadly accidents to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
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