US airstrikes hit wedding in Iran, child among 5 killed and over 50 injured

At least 5 people, including a 4-year-old child, were killed, and 50 others were wounded in a US strike that hit a wedding celebration near Iran's Sirik, a coastal area on the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian authorities."This cruelty cannot be separated from the chain of atrocities that preceded it," Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said in a statement, citing incidents including the airstrike at a school in Minab that killed 160 people at a girls' school on the first day of the current war.The Pentagon has yet to issue an official finding on the Minab strike, but it may have been the result of US use of outdated targeting data, according to a source-based report by news agency Reuters.The deadly incident at the wedding celebration in Sirik came as the US and Iran found themselves back on a war footing on Wednesday after the most significant exchange in weeks, with Washington threatening even more devastating strikes. It could be one of the more significant cases of civilian casualties in the war.The US military's Central Command said it completed a wave of strikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets on Tuesday, including air defence sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine-laying capabilities, and communications sites. - EndsPublished By: Karishma Saurabh KalitaPublished On: Sep 2, 2026 09:09 IST