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including a wedding party in the city of Kuhestak — Al Jazeera
US military strikes hit a wedding party in Kuhestak, Iran, as death toll reaches 19.
Five outlets reported the strikes along Iran's southern coast; the names of the people at the wedding have not appeared in any of them.
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