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US probes Iran claim 4 died at wedding strike
BBC News··4 Sept
Vice President JD Vance says the US military is investigating Iranian claims that strikes killed at least 4 people at a wedding in Sirik on Tuesday. The Iranian Red Crescent Society says 67 people were hurt. Vance told a White House briefing he is extremely sceptical of Iranian state media. US Central Command says it never targets civilians.
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What It Means For You
- Iran has launched fresh attacks on US bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates in response.
- BBC Verify placed damaged houses about 130m north of a telecommunications tower hit Tuesday.
- Fighting with Iran has continued for over half a year since a joint US and Israel attack on 28 February.
What's Happening
- Iranian state media said a fifth person, a woman aged 22, died in hospital shortly after the strike.
- The four killed were named locally as Zarkhatoon Taheri, 50, Kolsum Mallahi Nazhdnia, 43, Mohammad Mallahi, 16, and Amirali Karimi, 4.
- US missiles were fired the same day over attempted attacks by Iran on American forces.
Fighting Since February 28
- BBC Persian Forensics found the telecommunications tower was about 112m from the wedding house.
- Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei called the incident a war crime.
- Vance said the US would investigate because it cares and wants to know what happened.
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