The United States tested its new Lockheed Martin Precision Strike Missile projectiles in the opening attacks of its unprovoked war against Iran, striking the southern city of Lamerd in Fars province and killing 21 people—including six children—, according to the news outlet Middle East Eye.

Among the survivors of the live‑fire tests, several women suffered severe and lasting injuries: a 15‑year‑old girl lost her sight from the blast, another survivor lost her voice, a third sustained catastrophic abdominal wounds, and a fourth was left paralyzed after shrapnel pierced her spinal column.

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The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) marked the offensive on March 4 through its official social media channels, declaring that the long‑range precision strike missiles had been used in combat for the first time in history during Operation Epic Fury. Admiral Brad Cooper, head of CENTCOM, expressed profound pride in US service members for using innovation to create difficulties for their enemy, according to the military body’s post.

In Lamerd, in Iran’s southern Fars province, the threat of war gave way to reality when previously untested missiles struck a school, sports grounds and nearby neighbourhoods https://t.co/w9e2EtaZma pic.twitter.com/F0fht0375B

— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) June 27, 2026

Despite the March 4 social media statement, CENTCOM officially denied on March 31 that it had directly participated in the Lamerd attack, instead attributing the incident and civilian casualties to the detonation of a missile from Iran’s own defense forces.

Earlier in March, during the initial phase of the joint US‑Israel aggression—and after news emerged of a massacre of more than 160 minors at a school in Minab—the White House initially blamed Iran for that attack, though it was soon confirmed to have been a US bombing.

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