Dhaka, April 27 -- The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)'s forces have announced the discovery and neutralisation of 9,500 bomblets and dozens of unexploded rockets and missiles in Zanjan province.

In a statement, the IRGC Public Relations Office in Zanjan province outlined part of the operations carried out by specialised clearance and disposal units to detect and neutralise unexploded ordnance left behind from the US-Israeli war of aggression during a lull in battlefield activity.

The statement said more than 9,500 bomblets had been discovered and neutralised, noting that they had been dropped during aerial bombardments by hostile fighter jets as part of efforts to contaminate sensitive and important locations in the province ...