Deadly strike on Iranian wedding was likely a direct hit by a US munition, analysis shows
Weapons experts said verified images and video point to a direct U.S. munition hit that killed 4 people and injured at least 68 at the wedding.
- An explosion at a wedding in Kuhestak, Iran, killed four people and injured at least 68 on Tuesday, with weapons experts concluding the blast was likely a direct hit from a U.S. munition.
- U.S. Central Command forces struck Iranian radar and communications facilities near Kuhestak on Tuesday, targeting a telecommunications tower roughly 135 meters from the wedding site during a broader campaign against Iranian defenses.
- Reviewing verified imagery, four military weapons experts identified damage consistent with a 500 lb U.S. air-dropped munition, possibly a JSOW glide bomb, while rejecting the possibility of a misfired Iranian air-defense missile.
- President JD Vance said Thursday the U.S. is investigating the incident, stating, "We do make mistakes," while mourners held a funeral procession in Sirik for 4-year-old victim Amir Mohammad Karimi.
- The incident echoes the February 28 strike on a Minab primary school that killed more than 175 people, an earlier event where The Pentagon has yet to release investigative findings despite mounting pressure.
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In an explosion at a wedding ceremony in Iran in Kuhestak, four people were killed on Monday and at least 68 others were injured. According to an analysis by weapons experts, this was probably the direct impact of ammunition from U.S. production.
According to a review of photographs and videos, the explosion that destroyed a wedding in southern Iran last Tuesday left at least 4 dead and 68 injured, probably caused by a direct injury to American ammunition.
The air strike at a wedding ceremony in southern Iran, which took the lives of four people and injured at least 68, was a direct hit by an American munition, a finding reached by Western weapons experts who studied video footage and photographs from the scene of the tragedy.
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