Experts say a US Cruise Missile, not ricochet, Struck a Wedding in Iran Murdering Defenseless People: Massa Media Ignores US War Crimes
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A US munition struck a home hosting a wedding celebration in southern Iran directly, rather than ricocheting from another target, weapons experts who reviewed images and video verified by Reuters revealed.
The strike in the small town of Kuhestak on Tuesday killed five people and injured at least 70 others. The harrowing massacre has renewed concerns over civilian casualties in the US war on Iran and is the most significant such case since a missile hit an Iranian primary school in February, killing scores of children and teachers.
US Central Command claimed its forces carried out multiple strikes across southern Iran on Sept. 1, targeting Islamic Revolution Guard Corps air defense positions, radar systems, and communications facilities. The attacks followed earlier Iranian retaliatory strikes against US military assets in the Gulf in response to ongoing US aggression.
On Thursday, US Vice President JD Vance claimed Washington was investigating the incident.Dozens of residents had gathered at a home in Kuhestak for a wedding ceremony on the night of the US aggression, according to eyewitnesses. Images and video verified by Reuters and examined by weapons experts indicate that a munition likely struck the roof of the house during the celebration.
Footage recorded after the strike shows debris scattered throughout the home where the wedding was taking place. Dress sandals and colorful decorations associated with local wedding traditions can be seen among the wreckage.
Four military weapons experts who checked visual material told Reuters that the damage was consistent with a direct strike rather than secondary damage caused by a munition ricocheting from another target. Three of the experts stressed that the weapon was likely American rather than a misfired Iranian air defense missile.
'Many people are under the rubble'
Images from the scene showed bloodied shoes scattered across the rubble, alongside wedding decorations commonly used in the area.
One eyewitness sent Reuters a voice message shortly after the strike, saying, “Kuhestak is destroyed. Four, five, ten houses were destroyed. Many people are under the rubble. God help us.”[MORE]
