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Iran Red Crescent says US bombed wedding site in Hormozgan, killing civilians
Iran Red Crescent says US missile and shrapnel hit residential home in Kuhestak city, where a wedding celebration was taking place, killing four civilians and wounding 50 others.
Iran Red Crescent says US bombed wedding site in Hormozgan, killing civilians
The southern Sirik county lies along the strategic Strait of Hormuz. / TRT World

The Iranian Red Crescent has said that four people, including a child, were killed and over 50 people were wounded by a US attack while attending a wedding in the south.

"Following a US missile attack, shrapnel hit a residential home in the city of Kuhestak, in Sirik county of Hormozgan province, where a wedding celebration was taking place," the Red Crescent said in a post on X early on Wednesday.

"More than 50 people were injured and four people, including a young child, were martyred."

A video shared by an Iranian government account showed extensive debris and damage at what it said was the site of the wedding in Sirik following the US strike, with people heard screaming in the background.

US authorities have not confirmed the reported incident so far.

Earlier, the deputy governor of the southern Hormozgan province Ahmad Nafisi told state television: "Two people were reported martyred and a number of others wounded."

The southern Sirik county lies along the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

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The United States had said it was carrying out strikes against targets of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps following its "recent attempted attacks ... against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region".

On Tuesday, Iranian media reported explosions in multiple cities along and east of Hormuz as well as at an airport in the southern Kerman province.

US joined Israel in attacking Iran on February 28, with strikes quickly killing the longtime supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and much of the other top brass as well as hundreds of civilians.

Iran quickly hit back by exerting control over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passageway through which one-fifth of global oil once sailed, and it has rained missiles and drones on Gulf states.

The initial intense US-Israeli bombardment lasted nearly 40 days but sporadic attacks mainly around Hormuz have continued, dimming prospects for a final peace agreement.

SOURCE:TRT World & Agencies