US investigating if missile hit Iran wedding, Vance says

Figure caption, Watch: JD Vance "extremely sceptical" over alleged strike on Iranian wedding.

Irã afirma que ataque dos EUA matou quatro em casamento em “crime de guerra”, enquanto EUA nega alvo de civis. Publicado há 1 dia.

O militar dos EUA está investigando as alegações iranianas de que seus ataques mataram pelo menos quatro pessoas, incluindo duas crianças, em um casamento no sul do Irã, disse o Vice‑Presidente JD Vance.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) - a humanitarian group - said shrapnel from a missile hit the ceremony at a home in Sirik on Tuesday, prompting Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei to declare it a "war crime.

Mísseis dos EUA foram lançados no mesmo dia em resposta a “tentativas de ataques” do Irã contra as forças americanas, mas um porta-voz do Comando Central dos EUA disse que ele “nunca mira civis”.

Speaking on Thursday, Vance said he was "extremely sceptical" over reports of the alleged strike but confirmed the US would investigate.

Eu diria que a mídia estatal iraniana não tem sido um bom cronista do que aconteceu no conflito até agora. Portanto, sou extremamente cético quanto a isso," Vance disse em um briefing da Casa Branca.

Iran has launched fresh attacks on US bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates in response to the alleged strike.

The IRCS said 67 people were hurt when shrapnel from the missile hit a family wedding ceremony, killing at least four people. Iranian state media said a fifth person, a woman aged 22, had died in hospital shortly after.

The four people killed were named locally as Zarkhatoon Taheri, 50; Kolsum Mallahi Nazhdnia, 43; Mohammad Mallahi, 16; and Amirali Karimi, four.

Fonte da imagem, Iranian Red Crescent Society Legenda da imagem, Uma foto distribuída pela Iranian Red Crescent Society supostamente mostra os restos de um prédio que estava sediando a cerimônia de casamento.

BBC Verify confirmed a video and two images taken on Tuesday near Kuhestak's coast that showed a telecommunications tower being destroyed, and other videos from Tuesday and Wednesday showed severely damaged houses about 130m (427ft) north of the tower.

BBC Persian Forensics found the telecommunications tower was about 112m (367 ft) from the house where the wedding was being held.

Fighting with Iran has continued for over half a year since the US and Israel launched a joint attack on the country on 28 February.