Iran says US bombed a wedding party in Sirik, killing five people

Al Jazeera:

Iran has 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 on Wednesday. More than 50 people, including women and children were, killed and wounded, he said.

The state-owned Press TV reported that at least five people were killed.

“The martyrs include a child. Electricity and telephone are cut off,” Hossein Kermanpour, an official at Iran’s Ministry of Health, wrote on X.

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.

All of the wounded have been taken to a hospital in the nearby city of Minab and were “in stable condition,” he said.

The semi-official Fars news agency also published an account from a child who survived the blast.

The child said in a video he heard fighter jets before he arrived at the venue.

“When we arrived there, an explosion occurred. It was very intense. Bricks, stones, and cement hit me in the face and head, and many others were injured,” he said. “Everyone was just ordinary civilians.”