US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: A wedding celebration in southern Iran has become the latest flashpoint in the rapidly escalating conflict between Washington and Tehran after an American strike reportedly hit a residential building where the gathering was taking place. Iranian officials say at least four people were killed, including a child, and more than 50 others suffered injuries in the attack in Sirik, Hormozgan province.
The strike has triggered a sharp diplomatic response from Tehran. Iran’s Foreign Ministry has described the attack as a “war crime”, while the Iranian Red Crescent has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate whether the incident violated international humanitarian law.
The US military, however, has rejected the suggestion that it deliberately targeted civilians, saying its forces do not target civilian populations. The competing accounts have placed the reported wedding strike at the centre of the latest US-Iran escalation, which has already involved attacks on military sites, vessels and other targets across the region.
US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: What Happened at the Wedding in Sirik?
The reported strike took place in Kuhestak in Sirik County, in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, near the strategically important Strait of Hormuz.
According to the Iranian Red Crescent, debris from a US missile struck a residential building where a wedding celebration was underway.
Iranian authorities initially reported four deaths and more than 50 injuries. Later reports put the number of wounded higher, while some Iranian sources reported five deaths. Because casualty figures have changed as rescue teams continued working at the site, the exact final toll remains subject to confirmation.
Video released by Iranian authorities showed extensive damage and debris around the building. People could also be heard shouting and crying in footage from the aftermath.
The Iranian Red Crescent said ambulances rushed to the scene and transported wounded people to nearby medical facilities.
US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: Iran Calls the Attack a ‘War Crime’
The Iranian Foreign Ministry quickly condemned the reported strike.
Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei accused Washington of attacking civilians during a wedding ceremony and said the incident exposed what he described as the true nature of the US military campaign.
“The truth of this unlawful war of choice – and the true face of the war crime – is in Sirik, where a wedding ceremony was brutally bombed as part of America’s desperate struggle to conceal its failure.”
Baghaei made the statement in a post on X as Iran’s government stepped up its criticism of the US strikes.
The accusation comes as the two countries have returned to intense military confrontation after a period of relative calm.
US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: Bride’s Father Describes the Attack
Ali Mallahi, the father of the bride, said the strike hit a residential building during his daughter’s wedding.
“Unfortunately, this is a residential building, and unfortunately this happened during my daughter’s wedding ceremony,” Ali Mallahi, father of the bride, said in a video carried by state TV.
He added, “It is a very saddening incident… Thank God the casualties were not higher.”
His account offered a direct description of the scene from someone connected to the wedding, while Iranian officials used the incident to accuse the US of causing civilian deaths.
US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: US Military Denies Targeting Civilians
Washington has presented a different account of the broader military operation.
US Central Command spokesman Tim Hawkins said the US military does not deliberately target civilians.
“The US military never targets civilians, unlike the IRGC”
The statement referred to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC.
US forces have said their latest strikes targeted Iranian military capabilities, including air defence systems, radar installations, communications infrastructure and maritime assets. The US has also accused the IRGC of threatening American forces and commercial shipping in the region.
The United States has not publicly acknowledged that the wedding itself was the intended target.
That distinction is important because whether a civilian gathering was deliberately targeted, accidentally struck or hit because it was near a military objective would affect any legal assessment of the incident.
US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: Iranian Red Crescent Asks the ICC to Investigate
The Iranian Red Crescent has taken the dispute beyond political condemnation by asking the International Criminal Court to investigate.
The humanitarian organisation sent a letter to the ICC prosecutor seeking legal action over the reported strike.
The organisation said the presence of civilians at what it described as a family wedding raised serious concerns under international humanitarian law.
In its letter, the Red Crescent said, “Given the reported civilian character of the location as the venue of a family wedding ceremony, as well as the presence of civilians at the site, the incident raises serious concerns under international humanitarian law and warrants an independent, impartial, thorough, and effective investigation.”
The organisation said an investigation would need to establish what the target was and whether a lawful military objective existed at the location.
It added, “Should an independent investigation establish that the wedding venue and the persons present therein were of a civilian character, that no lawful military objective was present at the location, or tha the attack was carried out without due regard for the requirements of distinction, proportionality, and precautions in attack, the incident may constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law and, where the requisite elements are established, a war crime.”
The wording is significant because the Red Crescent itself framed the allegation as a matter requiring investigation rather than presenting the legal conclusion as already established.
US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: Why the ICC Request Matters
The Red Crescent’s appeal puts international law at the centre of the controversy.
Under international humanitarian law, parties to an armed conflict must distinguish between military targets and civilians. Attacks must also comply with rules concerning proportionality and precautions.
However, civilian casualties alone do not automatically establish that a war crime occurred.
An investigation would need to examine several questions, including what the US intended to strike, whether military personnel or equipment were present at the location, what intelligence US forces had before the attack and what precautions they took.
The Red Crescent is therefore calling for an independent investigation to establish those facts.
US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: Why Sirik Matters in the Wider US-Iran Conflict?
Sirik sits in Hormozgan province, along Iran’s southern coast near the Strait of Hormuz.
That location has become increasingly important during the latest confrontation between the US and Iran.
The United States has launched strikes against Iranian military and maritime capabilities while Iran has threatened retaliation against American interests and military positions across the Middle East. The Strait of Hormuz has also emerged as a major point of tension because of its importance to global energy shipments.
The reported wedding strike came as the latest exchange of attacks pushed the conflict into another dangerous phase.
Iran has since launched retaliatory attacks against US-linked targets in several countries in the region, according to reports, raising fears that the confrontation could spread beyond Iran’s borders.
US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: Civilian Casualties Add to Pressure on Washington
The reported deaths at the wedding could increase pressure on the US administration to explain exactly what it was targeting in Sirik.
The incident is particularly sensitive because the reported target was a home hosting a family celebration rather than an obvious military facility.
Images and videos from the scene have also made the incident more difficult to dismiss as an abstract battlefield claim. They show a damaged residential area and the aftermath of an attack that Iranian officials say struck while families were gathered for a wedding.
At the same time, the US military’s statement that it does not target civilians leaves open the central question: what was the intended target of the strike?
That answer could become critical if an independent investigation takes place.
US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: The Bigger Question – Was the Wedding Deliberately Targeted?
That remains unresolved.
Iran has described the strike as an attack on a wedding and has accused the United States of committing a war crime.
The US military says it does not target civilians.
Between those two positions lies the central factual question that an independent investigation would need to answer.
If the building was intentionally targeted despite being known to be a civilian location, the legal implications could be serious. If US forces were targeting a legitimate military objective nearby, investigators would need to examine whether the attack complied with the requirements governing distinction, proportionality and precautions.
The Red Crescent’s ICC appeal specifically asks investigators to establish those facts.
