A house hosting a wedding in southern Iran was damaged during renewed U.S. airstrikes, killing four people including a child and wounding more than 50, Iranian authorities said.
The house was struck in Kuhestak, in Sirik County of Hormozgan province, during a U.S. attack, according to The Associated Press and Iran's state-run IRNA news agency on the 1st.
Ahmad Nafisi, a deputy governor of Hormozgan province for political, security and social affairs, initially reported two dead and about 50 injured. The Iranian Red Crescent Society later said the death toll had risen to four, including one child, with more than 50 wounded.
The Red Crescent said on X that debris hit the house where the wedding was being held after the U.S. missile attack. Footage released by the Iranian government showed rubble strewn across the site and people screaming, CNA reported.
Fifteen ambulances were dispatched to the scene. Some of the wounded were transferred to nearby Minab Hospital for specialized treatment, while rescue crews cleared debris and searched the site. Iranian officials had earlier said the death toll could rise further because some of the injured were in critical condition.
The civilian casualties occurred as U.S. forces resumed strikes inside Iran targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). U.S. Central Command said on X on the 1st that it had begun striking IRGC targets in Iran starting at noon U.S. Eastern time. The command described the operation as a response to recent IRGC attempts to attack commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. forces in the region.
Iranian media reported explosions or attacks in several other southern areas, including Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas and Chabahar, in addition to Sirik. Iranian state broadcasters said civilian facilities were also damaged, including a civilian airport, a fishmeal plant, a fishing boat dock and port facilities.
U.S. President Donald Trump warned on his social media platform that if Iran retaliates for the attack, it will be struck again "much harder and at a much higher level."
Washington has not issued a separate statement on the civilian casualties at the wedding house. The AP said Central Command did not immediately respond to questions on the matter.
