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US Strike on Iranian Home Kills Four, Including Child

A US attack on a home in Sirik, Iran, killed four people including a child during a wedding.

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Iran's Fars news agency reported that four people, including a child, were killed in a US attack on a home near Sirik, Iran. [1] The city of Kuhestak in southern Iran's Sirik County, Hormozgan province, was the target of multiple overnight attacks by the United States military, with local sources and authorities saying a wedding ceremony was struck. [2] The Hormozgan governor's office identified four victims as four-year-old Amir Ali Karimi, 16-year-old Mohammad Malahi, 43-year-old Kolsoum Malahi, and 43-year-old Zarkhatoun Taheri, with more than 60 others wounded, some seriously. [3] The attack occurred during a wedding ceremony at the residence. [4] The Iranian Red Crescent Society's provincial branch confirmed the casualty figures. [5] Ali Malahi, the owner of the targeted building where his daughter's wedding was taking place, told state television that people inside were all civilians. [6] Footage showed several projectiles struck a telecommunications tower near Kuhestak's shoreline, and defense experts say fragments found in the area might be a variant of the AGM-84K SLAM-ER cruise missile. [7]
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  1. Iran's Fars news agency reported that four people, including a child, were killed in a US attack on a home near Sirik, Iran. · middleeasteye.net
  2. The city of Kuhestak in southern Iran's Sirik County, Hormozgan province, was the target of multiple overnight attacks by the United States military, with local sources and authorities saying a wedding ceremony was struck. · Al Jazeera
  3. The Hormozgan governor's office identified four victims as four-year-old Amir Ali Karimi, 16-year-old Mohammad Malahi, 43-year-old Kolsoum Malahi, and 43-year-old Zarkhatoun Taheri, with more than 60 others wounded, some seriously. · Al Jazeera
  4. The attack occurred during a wedding ceremony at the residence. · middleeasteye.net
  5. The Iranian Red Crescent Society's provincial branch confirmed the casualty figures. · middleeasteye.net
  6. Ali Malahi, the owner of the targeted building where his daughter's wedding was taking place, told state television that people inside were all civilians. · Al Jazeera
  7. Footage showed several projectiles struck a telecommunications tower near Kuhestak's shoreline, and defense experts say fragments found in the area might be a variant of the AGM-84K SLAM-ER cruise missile. · Al Jazeera
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