Kuhestak: Amateur videos depicting the aftermath of a US attack on September 1 show extensive destruction to a building in Kuhestak, Hormozgan province, along Iran's southern Persian Gulf coast. The roof of the building appears to have been completely destroyed, with debris scattered for dozens of meters around the impact site. Videos from a hospital in Minab, 45 km to the north, also show people injured in the attack, including children being treated, as well as the body of a boy, covered with a blue sheet.

According to France24.com, five people were killed and 68 others were injured in the attack.

"There's absolutely no military infrastructure near that house," said "Motahereh7," a resident of the town with a large following on Instagram. She posted a video shortly after the airstrikes at around 9:30 pm local time, stating she had been attending a wedding at the site. "Lots of you sent me messages asking, 'Have they hit Kuhestak?' Yes, they hit the house where there was a wedding. It's my husband's cousin's house. I don't know yet how many people were there, how many people are under [the rubble]. God help us."

A CCTV video that captured the impact on the town shows at least six explosions, with the apparent primary target being a communications tower on the edge of the town, on the shore of the Persian Gulf. Videos recorded by local residents also documented strikes on the tower. FRANCE 24 geolocated the communications tower, finding it to be located in an urban area, just 30 meters from the nearest buildings.

Photographs posted on Telegram on September 2, 2026, show the aftermath of the US strike that hit a building where locals said a wedding was being held. A hole in the roof suggests a direct hit. According to several experts, remnants of missile debris recovered from the impact site suggest that a SLAM-ER cruise missile may have been used. Boeing, the missile's manufacturer, describes the SLAM-ER as the most accurate weapon in the US Navy's inventory. However, FRANCE 24 could not independently confirm whether the debris was from the site of the strike on the wedding or from the communications tower.

Several Iranian officials reacted to the incident, with Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's parliament speaker and a key figure in negotiations with the United States, calling the US government "Satan." Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for US Central Command, stated they were aware of reports of civilian casualties, adding, "The US military never targets civilians, unlike the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)."

This is the fourth reported incident in which US strikes have hit civilian sites in Iran since the US-Israel war against Iran began in February 2026. On February 28, the first day of the war, a strike reportedly carried out by the United States killed about 170 people, most of them schoolchildren, as well as teachers, parents, and others.