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US investigating if missile hit Iran wedding, Vance says

The Iranian Red Crescent Society reported that shrapnel from a missile struck a family wedding ceremony on Tuesday, resulting in four fatalities and 67 injuries. Iranian state media later reported a fifth death.

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US investigating if missile hit Iran wedding, Vance says
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The Iranian Red Crescent Society reported that shrapnel from a missile struck a family wedding ceremony on Tuesday, resulting in four fatalities and 67 injuries. Iranian state media later reported a fifth death. The incident occurred near Kuhestak's coast, where a telecommunications tower was destroyed and nearby houses were severely damaged. The telecommunications tower was located approximately 112 meters from the wedding venue. The article states that fighting with Iran has continued for over half a year since a joint attack by the US and Israel on February 28th. The US is investigating whether a missile hit the wedding.

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BBC Verify confirmed a telecommunications tower was destroyed near Kuhestak's coast.

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Shrapnel from a missile hit a wedding ceremony, killing at least four people and injuring 67.

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US is investigating if a missile hit an Iranian wedding ceremony.

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A fifth person, a 22-year-old woman, died in hospital after the incident.

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Fighting with Iran has continued for over half a year since a joint attack by the US and Israel on February 28.

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The IRCS said 67 people were hurt when shrapnel from the missile hit a family wedding ceremony, killing at least four people. Iranian state media said a fifth person, a woman aged 22, had died in hospital shortly after.The four people killed were named locally as Zarkhatoon Taheri, 50; Kolsum Mallahi Nazhdnia, 43; Mohammad Mallahi, 16; and Amirali Karimi, four.Iranian Red Crescent SocietyA picture distributed by the Iranian Red Crescent Society purportedly showing the remains of a building which was hosting the wedding ceremonyBBC Verify confirmed a video and two images taken on Tuesday near Kuhestak's coast that showed a telecommunications tower being destroyed, and other videos from Tuesday and Wednesday showed severely damaged houses about 130m (427ft) north of the tower.BBC Persian Forensics found the telecommunications tower was about 112m (367 ft) from the house where the wedding was being held.Fighting with Iran has continued for over half a year since the US and Israel launched a joint attack on the country on 28 February.
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