Four Wedding Guests Killed, 50 Injured As US-Iran War Escalates

Four people, including a child, have been killed and more than 50 others injured after a US strike hit a wedding gathering in southern Iran amid renewed hostilities between Washington and Tehran.

The Iranian Red Crescent said the casualties occurred on Tuesday in Sirik, where the victims were reportedly attending a wedding when the attack took place. Images shared by an Iranian government account showed widespread damage and debris at the site, with people heard screaming in the background.

The latest casualties came after the United States launched fresh attacks on Iranian targets, prompting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to retaliate with missile and drone strikes against US military positions across the Middle East.

Iran said its retaliatory attacks targeted US bases in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The IRGC described the exchange as one of the heaviest escalations in the six-month conflict in recent weeks.

US President Donald Trump had earlier warned Iran that any retaliation against American forces would trigger attacks at a “much harder and higher” level. Iranian military and state media said the earlier US strikes killed 18 people.

The US military has not directly commented on the reported wedding strike. However, US Central Command spokesperson Tim Hawkins maintained that the American military does not target civilians, accusing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards of doing so.

The renewed fighting has further complicated efforts to end the conflict, with tensions also escalating around the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, a major route for global oil shipments.

Iranian forces have continued to threaten US interests in the region, while attacks and incidents involving commercial vessels have heightened fears of a wider regional conflict.

Trump, in a warning posted on his Truth Social platform, said Iran would face an even more severe response if it retaliated against the latest American strikes, warning that there would be “very little left” of the Islamic Republic.

Despite the escalating military confrontation, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said Tehran remains open to diplomacy, while warning that renewed US pressure and threats could derail efforts to reach an agreement and bring the war to an end.