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A child who, according to Iranian media, was wounded in a US strike that hit a home where a wedding was being held in Kuhestak, southern Iran, at a hospital in Minab, Iran, September 2, 2026
IRAN fired drones and missiles at US targets in Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain today, and said two ships in the Strait of Hormuz had hit sea mines, following a lethal US overnight bombardment which killed 19, including four at a wedding.
The youngest victim of the US attacks was four-year-old Amir Ali Karimi, killed alongside three adults when shrapnel from a US missile struck a house in Kuhestak where a wedding was being celebrated. About 60 people were wounded, according to the Red Crescent.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei called the attack a war crime, while US Central Command said it was aware of reports of civilian casualties but did not deliberately target civilians.
Saudi Arabia said Iranian fire had also hit one of its tankers, killing two crew.
The barrage of US attacks is the deadliest escalation in months, and was accompanied by uncompromising rhetoric from President Donald Trump, who declared he “couldn’t care less” whether Iran comes back to the negotiating table and warned of further bombing.
Fighting between the US and Iran has increased this week after the US hit Iranian rocket launchers on an island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reiterated today that the US plans to “asphyxiate” Iran through economic sanctions, while in Washington Democrats expressed anxiety over the impact of purges and resignations rocking the military in time of war.
On Tuesday Mr Trump said acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao would be his nominee for Navy Secretary, following War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sacking of his predecessor John Phelan in April.
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll quit on Monday, reportedly after clashes with Mr Hegseth, and the army is also without a chief of staff following the dismissal of General Randy George, also in April.
Mr Hegseth has sacked two dozen generals and admirals since the beginning of Mr Trump’s second term, and has also alienated some in the military establishment by vetoing numerous promotions he deems woke, crossing out the names of most women and black officers recommended for promotion.
