Originally Posted by
Interflug
9M331 missile heads look like that after explosion of the charge below them. Pictures can be found on the internet from combat use e.g. recently in Syria.
But agreed, no evidence is there to show a link in time and location to the Tehran crash site. The picture could be from anywhere and anytime.
OK, I'll bow to superior knowledge, although it's certainly counter-intuitive that the seeker head would be so well preserved after detonation of the warhead and falling from, what 4-5K' AGL here?