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U.S. strike hits wedding in small Iranian town, NYT analysis says munition American

newsSep 2, 202618443

The New York Times reported that a bomb that struck a wedding in the small southern Iranian town of Kuhestak was American, based on a weapons expert assessment and the Times' visual analysis. The strike turned a residential celebration into a tragedy, killing five people, including a four year old according to Iranian accounts, and wounding about 68 others, mostly women and children. U.S. Central Command said it was striking IRGC military sites and that U.S. forces never target civilians. Iran responded with attacks on U.S. bases across the region in the following hours. The Iranian Red Crescent has asked the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to consider legal action over the strike. The incident has become a focal point in the recent cycle of U.S.-Iran hostilities and prompted immediate regional military escalation.

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