Iran regional confrontation

U.S. strike on a Kuhestak wedding kills five, including a 4-year-old

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Kuhestak
Actors
United States · Iran
Importance
Standard

Iranian state media and monitors say a U.S. strike hit a wedding in Kuhestak, southern Iran, killing five people including a 4-year-old child and wounding 68, mostly women and children. Clash Report, citing munitions analysts, said fragments matched a Boeing SLAM-ER cruise missile; CENTCOM says it targeted IRGC military sites and does not target civilians.

Verification: Disputed

Evidence: US strike hit a wedding ceremony in Iran’s Sirik, killing five people, including a child, and injuring 68 others., A U.S. strike hit near a wedding ceremony in Kuhestak, southern Iran last night. Five killed (including a 4-year-old), 68 wounded.

Press TV reports five killed including a child and 68 injured at a wedding in Sirik/Kuhestak. Clash Report gives the same casualty figures, names a 4-year-old, and cites SLAM-ER fragment identification, while also quoting CENTCOM that strikes targeted IRGC sites and never civilians. Map point is city-level estimated for Kuhestak, not a metre-level impact fix.