Iran’s media posts photos purportedly showing US bomb remains at destroyed water reservoir

Iranian media has released photographs purportedly showing remnants of a US-made bomb at the site of a destroyed drinking water reservoir. Mehr news agency published images of munition fragments that experts consulted by CNN suggested are consistent with a GBU-39 series bomb, a precision-guided munition manufactured in the United States. While CNN could not independently verify the origin of the fragments, the photos of the damaged water tank were geolocated to southern Iran. The reservoir, serving at least 20,000 people, was reportedly struck by missiles, rendering it inoperable. US Central Command stated it is aware of the reports and is looking into the situation. Water facilities are protected under the Geneva Convention. The incident occurred in the context of US strikes against Iran, launched in response to Iran downing a US helicopter, though it remains unclear if the water tank was directly targeted in those attacks. Experts noted that the munition appeared to have precisely hit the building, making a targeting error unlikely, though a munition error itself is considered improbable.

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It’s possible there was an error in targeting this building specifically, but a munition error is very unlikely. The munition precisely hit this building which is in a fairly remote area.