Iran attacks US targets in Middle East after five reportedly killed at wedding celebration
Tehran describes US as ‘Satan’ after fresh strikes reportedly hit weddingpublished at 09:21 BST
Rubble lies around damaged houses following a reported attack near a wedding gathering in Sirik, Iran, in this still from a video from the Iranian Red Crescent Society
Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has called Washington “THE Great Satan” after US strikes reportedly hit a wedding party in Sirik, southern Iran.
The Iranian Red Crescent says five people, including a child, were killed and more than 50 were injured when a US missile attack hit a home where the wedding celebration was taking place.
The US military said it was aware of the reports but it never targeted civilians.
But this morning, in a post on X, Ghalibaf pointed to civilian fatalities since the start of the war, including at a primary school in Minab, saying: “If a power acts like Satan … it’s Satan.”
US Central Command (Centcom) said the strikes on Iran followed “recent attempted attacks” by Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and American forces in the region.
Tehran has since launched a series of attacks on US targets in Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq and Bahrain.
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Image source, CentcomThe US resumed striking Iran in response to “recent attempted attacks” on American forces in the region, Centcom has said