Direct proof of use
OSMP recorded Blue Sparrow-family rocket or missile parts in Iraq on June 13, 2025, the opening day of the Israel-Iran fighting. OSMP 1420 lists the reported location as Iraq's Diyala Province and identifies the item as a delivered and functioned guided air-to-surface rocket or missile part with blast and fragmentation functional-use tags.
A second OSMP entry from the same date, OSMP 1423, also identifies delivered and functioned Blue Sparrow-family guided air-to-surface rocket or missile parts in Iraq. OSMP's Blue Sparrow model page groups those June 2025 records in its Iran-Israel conflict collection of verified munition images from weapons used by Iran and Israel during the June 2025 conflict.
Sources: OSMP 1420 Blue Sparrow Debris, OSMP 1423 Blue Sparrow Debris, OSMP Blue Sparrow Family
Timeline
The conflict opened on June 13, 2025, when Israel began a major operation against Iran and Iran retaliated with ballistic-missile attacks against Israel. The Blue Sparrow-family evidence belongs to that opening phase: both direct OSMP records are dated June 13 and were reported in Iraq, along the air and missile corridor between Israel and Iran.
The Aviationist reported on June 14 that Israel appeared to be using a range of air-launched weapons in follow-on strikes and cited OSMP's contemporaneous note that debris in Iraq after Israel's attacks on Iran was visually similar to Blue Sparrow air-launched ballistic missiles. That reporting supports attribution context but remains less direct than the OSMP munition records themselves.
Sources: CRS Israel-Iran Conflict, OSMP 1420 Blue Sparrow Debris, OSMP 1423 Blue Sparrow Debris, The Aviationist June 2025 Airstrikes
Operational role
The supported role is long-range air-to-surface strike. OSMP classifies the June 13 debris as Blue Sparrow-family rocket or missile parts, marks the domain as air-to-surface, and records delivered and functioned condition tags rather than simple possession or storage.
Public evidence does not fully resolve the exact live-warhead derivative or every target associated with the June 13 debris. OSMP's Blue Sparrow family page treats the observed items as part of a wider family because open sources do not yet clarify all variant and derivative differences, while older analyst notes describe the Blue Sparrow line as air-launched missiles originally designed by Rafael as ballistic-missile-defense targets that can be fitted with inert or high-explosive warheads.
Sources: OSMP 1420 Blue Sparrow Debris, OSMP 1423 Blue Sparrow Debris, OSMP Blue Sparrow Family
