Outrage Builds Over Apparent US Use of 2,000-Pound Bomb on Iranian Family Home

“Everyone in the chain of command who authorized this should be charged with murder.”

Image: Protesters march in the streets of downtown Austin, Texas to show opposition to the war in Iran during a protest organized by the Austin for Palestine Coalition on April 8, 2026.  (Photo by Mikala Compton/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

 

Jessica Corbett of Common Dreams reports: “Outrage over another apparent US war crime against Iranian civilians continued to grow over the weekend following New York Times reporting that the United States appears to have dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on a family home in a densely populated neighborhood of Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

The newspaper spoke with weapons experts who analyzed photos, videos, and satellite imagery of the strike—which, according to Iranian officials, killed taxi driver Qeysar Jafari, his wife Zahra Jafari, and their 2-year-old son Sina, and hospitalized their two surviving children, Mohammad Reza and Mehdi…”

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