Iran says US bombed a Wedding Party in Sirik, Killing Five People

Tehran has launched missile and drone attacks at US targets in Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq and Bahrain after American forces resumed strikes against Iran. 

The Iranian Red Crescent reported five people, including a child, were killed and more than 50 injured when shrapnel from a US missile attack hit a home where a wedding celebration was taking place in Sirik in southern Iran.

The US military said it was aware of the reports but that it never targeted civilians.

Iran accused the United States of bombing a house during a wedding celebration in the southern county of Sirik, killing at least five people, including a child.

Esmaeil Baghaei, the spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the “brutal” attack hit the residence in the city of Kuhestak early today. 

More than 50 people, including women and children, were killed and wounded, he said.

Iran’s Press TV reported that at least five people were killed.

Footage published by the Iranian Red Crescent Society showed a building with walls and windows blown out, and debris scattered on the ground. The humanitarian group also published pictures of several children receiving treatment at a hospital.

Reza Shahidiyan, the governor of Sirik county, later told the IRIB state broadcaster that 63 people were wounded, and that 50 of the victims were women and children.

The IRGC said the US would "regret" the strikes. By early Wednesday, it had launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at a US Marine base in Jordan's Aqaba in retaliation for the Sirik attack, according to Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency.

Source: Al Jazeera | BBC