Deadly Iran wedding strike likely due to U.S. bomb missing a nearby target

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Deadly Iran wedding strike likely due to U.S. bomb missing a nearby target

Six weapons dropped by Navy jets targeted a communications complex in the coastal town of Kuhestak. One missed.

September 6, 2026 at 10:01 a.m. EDT

Today at 10:01 a.m. EDT

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*The point of impact on the roof of a building where a wedding celebration was taking place on Tuesday. (Vahid Salemi/AP)*

By

Alex Horton

and

Joyce Sohyun Lee

The Pentagon is investigating the high likelihood that an explosion in southern Iran that destroyed a home hosting a wedding celebration was caused by a U.S. bomb that missed a nearby target, a person familiar with the operation said.

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