Hyderabad, Aug. 3 -- A United States airstrike on Iran's Qeshm Island on Thursday, July 30, killed three members of a family and was likely carried out using a 2,000-pound bomb, according to an investigation by The New York Times based on satellite imagery, photographs, videos and expert analysis.

The strike hit a house in the Chah-Tangu neighbourhood of Qeshm City, a densely populated residential area overlooking the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials identified the victims as Zahra Jafari, her husband Qeysar Jafari and their two-year-old son, Sina. Their two other children, Mohammad Reza and Mehdi, survived after being rescued from the rubble and remain in stable condition, officials said.

According to the investigation, the size of ...