US attack on Iranian wedding party kills 5, including a child
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At least five people, including a child, have been killed in a US attack on a wedding party in Iran while the ceremony was underway. Additionally, at least seven people have been killed in US missile strikes in Iran's Khuzestan province. Meanwhile, Iran has also launched retaliatory strikes against US military bases in the Middle East.
Iran's Red Crescent said that US missiles struck a wedding party in Sirak, southern Iran, on Tuesday local time. More than 50 people were injured in the attack.
Footage released after the strike showed walls and windows of a building blown out, with debris scattered across the ground. The organization also published images of several children receiving treatment at a hospital.
Reza Shahidian, the governor of Sirak County, later told state broadcaster IRIB that 63 people had been injured in the attack, 50 of whom were women and children.
He said all the injured had been taken to a hospital in the nearby city of Minab.
The semi-official Fars News Agency also published an account from a child who survived the explosion.
In the video, the child said, "Before we even reached the venue, I could hear the sound of fighter jets. After we arrived, an explosion occurred. It was very loud. Bricks, stones, and cement hit my face and head, and many others were injured. We were all just ordinary civilians."
Meanwhile, the deputy governor of Khuzestan province for security affairs told Iran's state news agency, IRNA, that seven people had been killed in Tuesday's missile strikes, with eight others injured.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the strikes on Iran were carried out following "recent attempted attacks" by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Following the fresh US strikes on Iran, Iran has launched retaliatory attacks. State media and Jordan's armed forces have reported that strikes have been carried out targeting US military bases in Iraq, Bahrain, and Jordan.
Source: Al Jazeera
