In Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy

In an article analysing a strike which reportedly hit a wedding ceremony in Kuhestak, Iran, The New York Times used images from the OSMP as key corroborating evidence to identify munition remnants at the scene. Their report found that a U.S.-made AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) series air-delivered bomb was likely used.

Iranian state media reported that the attack hit a building where a wedding was taking place on 1 September 2026, killing 5 people, including two children, and injuring at least 68 others. The New York Times report said: “The fin recovered matches JSOW fins recovered after strikes in Yemen and Venezuela… as seen on the Open Source Munitions Portal, a database of weapon fragments found in conflict zones”.

The article went on to add: “The dimensions of the recovered weapon casing and its distinctive pattern of bolt holes also match those in a reference photo of a JSOW on the [OSMP] weapons database”.

NYT clarified that the munition images were reportedly taken at the scene by a local teacher as well as an Iranian journalist, and noted that U.S. CENTCOM footage included in a statement from the night of the strikes showed a JSOW being carried under the wing of a U.S. fighter aircraft taking off from an aircraft carrier.