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Wedding turns deadly as 5 killed in US attack near Iran\u2019s Strait of Hormuz (X\/@Iran_in_India)<\/p>\nAt least five people were killed and dozens injured after a wedding near Sirik, a coastal area on Iran\u2019s Strait of Hormuz, came under US attack. A four-year-old was among those killed, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported.<\/p>\n
Wedding turns deadly as 5 killed in US attack near Iran\u2019s Strait of Hormuz (X\/@Iran_in_India)<\/p>\n
Sixty-eight people were injured, Iran\u2019s state-run IRNA news agency, citing a provincial official, said. Track updates on the war live here<\/a><\/p>\n Iran condemns attack<\/p>\n Iran said the wedding had been turned into a scene of death.<\/p>\n In a statement shared by the Iran in India account, the ministry said: \u201cThey turned a wedding into a funeral. The flowers of love fell to the ground, our bride\u2019s white dress was stained with blood, and they turned our laughter into tears and sorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n The ministry added that the deaths would not be forgotten and pledged that Iran would respond. \u201cBut this blood and this grief will never be forgotten. We will never forget this crime, nor will we leave it unanswered,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n The Iranian embassy in Zimbabwe also reacted to the reported wedding attack. \u201cWedding ceremony!!!\u201d, they said, sharing an image of children’s clothes lying on post-war ground. \u201cTrump and the gang, you are so disgusting,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n The Iranian embassy in Hyderabad also condemned the reported attack, accusing the US of turning a wedding celebration into a scene of mourning.<\/p>\n \u201cTonight, US terrorists turned our wedding into a funeral and our joy into grief,\u201d it said on X. The embassy added that the deaths and suffering would remain in the collective memory of the Iranian people.<\/p>\n \u201cThis cruelty cannot be separated from the chain of atrocities that preceded it,\u201d in a separate statement, Iran\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson said, as per Reuters. They were likely referring to the February 28 US strike on a primary school in Minab<\/a> that killed 160 children.<\/p>\n ALSO READ | Iran releases photo of graves being dug for 160 girls killed in US-Israel attack<\/a><\/p>\n The foreign ministry said Iran would respond to \u201cthese savage crimes with firmness\u201d. Iran also criticised governments and international institutions that it said had remained silent or sought to justify the attacks.<\/p>\n \u201cThose governments and international institutions that remain silent in the face of such barbarism, or seek to justify such acts, must understand that their silence is not neutrality,\u201d Iran said. \u201cThose who remain silent today will not be immune to its consequences tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n Latest US-Iran strikes<\/p>\n The wedding casualties came as both sides exchanged strikes after a month-long lull. The US military said it completed a new wave of strikes against Iranian military targets, including air-defence sites, radar systems, maritime assets, mine-laying capabilities and communications facilities.<\/p>\n US officials also said American forces struck two Iranian government-owned oil tankers of the wider operation.<\/p>\n ALSO READ | ‘Very little of Iran will be left’: Trump’s big warning as US launches strikes near Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/p>\n Iran responded with missile and drone attacks against US-linked targets across the region. It included American bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Iraq. Jordan said it intercepted 10 Iranian missiles, while three others fell in remote areas. No deaths or injuries were reported in the Jordanian attack.<\/p>\n