An unexploded GBU “bunker buster” bomb dropped during recent US-Israeli attacks has been successfully neutralised in Iran’s Yazd province, according to local authorities.
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported that the bomb was buried about 13 metres underground beneath a residential area after failing to detonate.
A deputy provincial governor for security in Yazd Province said the ordnance had struck the area during the conflict but remained lodged deep beneath the surface, posing a significant risk to residents, reports Al Jazeera.
He added that the high-risk disposal operation was carried out jointly by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and local law enforcement bomb disposal units.
Authorities did not report any casualties, and the situation is now under control following the successful removal of the device.