According to sources familiar with the situation, the Washington Post reported on September 6 that an American military air strike occurred at a wedding ceremony in Iran earlier this month. It is likely that a U.S. bomb failed to hit the nearby target.
On the evening of September 1st, local time, the US military launched attacks in several regions of Iran. A residence where a wedding was being held in Hormozgan Province, southern Iran, was struck, resulting in the death of 4 people and at least 90 people injured. Ali Jafarian, the Iranian Minister of Health, stated that among the victims were two women and two children.
An American official told The Washington Post that the U.S. military carried out an airstrike on the coastal town of Kuhestak in Iran on that day, targeting communication facilities, including a communication tower. According to people familiar with the matter, the facility is located in a civilian area, and there is a small building at the base of the tower. The U.S. believes that Iranian military personnel are also using this facility for their operations.
Sources familiar with the matter said that American naval fighter jets dropped six bombs on the signal tower, five of which hit the target, and one appeared to have deviated from its intended trajectory.
According to video materials verified by The Washington Post, the roof of a residence about 440 feet (about 134 meters) away from the communication tower was impacted by the explosion.
The map shows that the communication tower is about 440 feet (about 134 meters) away from the wedding venue. The Washington Post
Trevor Bauer, who served as an explosive disposal technician in the U.S. Army, analyzed that based on the photos of ammunition debris at the wedding attack scene, the characteristics match those of the U.S.-made glide bomb ‘Joint Standoff Weapon’ (JSOW) in terms of its tail fins and casings.
Wes Bryant, who once worked as a target analyst for the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces, said that when the military plans to launch attacks in populated areas, it is necessary to take into consideration every building in the vicinity of the target.
We are investigating this matter because we care deeply. We want to know the truth. On September 3rd, US Vice President Pence commented on the American airstrike on a wedding ceremony in Iran.
The US military Central Command responsible for military actions in the Middle East states that it has taken note of reports regarding civilian casualties and is "investigating the related circumstances," but refuses to provide any further details.
This is not the first time that the U.S. military has caused casualties among local civilians in the conflict with Iran. On February 28, the first day of the U.S.-Israel strikes against Iran, the U.S. military “mistakenly struck” a girls’ elementary school during an air raid, resulting in at least 168 deaths, with over 100 of them being children. Preliminary investigations indicate that the reason for the attack was that the U.S. military used outdated data, mistakenly marking buildings that had been converted into schools as military targets.
