A four-year-old was among those killed, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported. At least five people were killed and dozens injured after a wedding near Sirik, a coastal area on Iran’s Strait of Hormuz, came under US attack.
The flowers of love fell to the ground, our bride’s white dress was stained with blood, and they turned our laughter into tears and sorrow. The ministry added that the deaths would not be forgotten and pledged that Iran would respond. “But this blood and this grief will never be forgotten. We will never forget this crime, nor will we leave it unanswered,” the post read.
They were likely referring to the February 28 US strike on a primary school in Minab that killed 168 children.
Sixty-eight people were injured, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency, citing a provincial official, said. Track updates on the war live here Iran said the wedding had been turned into a scene of death. In a statement shared by the Iran in India account, the ministry said: “They turned a wedding into a funeral. “This cruelty cannot be separated from the chain of atrocities that preceded it,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said, as per Reuters. The foreign ministry said Iran would respond to “these savage crimes with firmness”. Iran also criticised governments and international institutions that it said had remained silent or sought to justify the attacks. “Those 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,” Iran said. “Those who remain silent today will not be immune to its consequences tomorrow.”
