Iranian state media reported that "explosive packages" slightly larger than tuna cans had been dropped by aircraft over the area. U.S. Central Command declined to comment.

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The ancestral home of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, is Kintoor village in Uttar Pradesh, India. His grandfather, Syed Ahmad Musavi Hindi, was born there in 1790 before migrating to Iran.

A small village in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district, Kintoor, has a strong historical link with Iran. Many believe the village is the ancestral home of Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the Iranian Revolution and ended the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty.