Kūhestak, Iran - Outside a home in southern Iran, family photos, appliances, and household items were piled in a courtyard, pulled from the wreckage of what authorities said was a US strike that killed five people as they gathered to celebrate a wedding.
The bride and groom had not yet arrived when the blast tore through the Mallahi family's home in Kuhestak on Tuesday night, according to relatives who spoke to Iranian media.
But dozens of women and children had already gathered in the compound, waiting for the festivities to begin.
The extent of the destruction was stark, according to AFP journalists who visited the area on Sunday under the supervision of Iranian authorities.
The ceiling of one room had completely collapsed, and walls in a hallway had deep cracks. All of the windows had been shattered, while the kitchen area was in shambles.
Abandoned shoes, many of them dressy women's sandals, were piled up in one room, while a gaping hole the width of a double doorway was blown in the wall of another. Part of the building's exterior wall was blackened by fire.
The dead included a 4-year-old child and three women, one of whom died later in hospital, as well as one man, with nearly 70 people wounded.
Kuhestak, a small coastal town more accustomed to the sound of the surf in the nearby Strait of Hormuz, was rocked by the thunder of explosions as the US carried out a wider bombardment of southern Iran on September 1.
Washington has not accepted responsibility for the attack, but has said it is investigating and does not target civilians intentionally.
US officials said the military had targeted communications and other military infrastructure in the area.