A weapons analysis has concluded that a strike on a wedding celebration in southern Iran on Tuesday was likely a direct hit by a US munition, rather than a ricochet from another target or an errant Iranian air defence missile.
The death toll from the strike has risen to five after a twenty-two-year-old woman died in hospital. Among the dead is a four-year-old boy.
US Vice President JD Vance has said Washington is investigating but has not admitted responsibility, while the Pentagon says it never targets civilians.
Nick Harper reports from Washington.
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Reporter Nick Harper in Washington says the weapons analysis appears to undermine the possibility that the wedding was hit by shrapnel from a strike on a nearby target or by an Iranian missile.
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