In the early hours of Thursday, July 9, 2026, an alleged U.S. airstrike hit the Dashtiari District in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan of Iran, reportedly killing two civilians. According to the Balochistan Human Rights Document Network, the attack hit the Pasabander radar station.
The explosion, according to Balochistan Human Rights Documentation Network, led to the killing of two Baloch fishermen, identified as Hamid Darzadeh, son of Bahador and a married father of four from Qasr-e Qand County and Edris (family name unknown) from Iranshahr, who were hit while parking their motorcycle at the station. @Tasnimnews on Telegram shared a headshot of Hamid, a man with a moustache in a white shirt.
Their bodies were reportedly found in the morning, approximately eight hours later, and swiftly transferred to the morgue of the Imam Ali Hospital in Chabahar. The source also reported that both men used to work on fishing boats at Beris Port in Chabahar.
Sources also stated that the Pasabandar station building was previously hit by U.S./Israeli forces during the 40-day war leading to its abandonment and subsequent desertion. Following the attack, residents of the Chabahar area and its surrounding villages had been informed by authorities of any missing relatives so, if any more people were victims in this attack, they could be identified.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the U.S. military.