Key Facts

• A U.S. missile hit a wedding party in Kuhestak, southern Iran, killing at least four people and injuring 67 others.
• The victims included two women and two children, aged 4 and 16, with many injured also being women and children.
• The Iranian Red Crescent called for an independent investigation, saying the attack could be a war crime since civilians were targeted.
• The U.S. Central Command denied targeting civilians, while Iran rejected this claim and cited past U.S. attacks on civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Neither the U.S. nor Iran are members of the International Criminal Court, but Iran might agree to ICC jurisdiction for attacks on its territory.
• This strike took place amid a series of U.S. attacks accusing Iran of threatening military and commercial targets near the Strait of Hormuz.
• Iran reports at least 18 deaths and 142 injuries from the recent strikes, with over 3,500 killed in earlier phases of the ongoing conflict.
• Iran’s UN envoy called for the UN Security Council to condemn the attack, labeling it a war crime under international humanitarian law.