🔻Reuters: Deadly attack on a wedding ceremony in Iran was likely the result of a direct hit by an American-made munition

Reuters, in an exclusive report, wrote that, based on the analysis of weapons experts who reviewed images and video that the news agency verified, the explosion that targeted a wedding ceremony in the city of Kuhestak in southern Iran on Tuesday and resulted in the deaths of five people and at least 68 injuries was most likely caused by a direct hit of an American-made munition, not an indirect impact or ricochet of munitions from another target.

Reuters, in the report published on Thursday, 12 Shahrivar, wrote: “Reuters provided images and videos of this attack to four weapons experts. These experts said the pattern of damage is consistent with a direct hit by a munition, not an explosion caused by munitions ricocheting after striking another target.

Three of these experts also told Reuters that ‘available evidence suggests the munition was likely made in America, not an Iranian air-defense missile that had veered off course.’

Gareth Collett, a retired British Army brigadier and a bomb-disposal specialist who holds a PhD in explosive materials engineering, told Reuters he said the munition may not simply have hit the intended target.

Reuters says that, in an American role that asked not to be named, they confirmed that the United States carried out an air operation within the area of Kuhestak on Tuesday night—with the aim of destroying Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military equipment.”