Evidence

Multiple independent, reputable news outlets corroborate this claim in detail. Al Jazeera, ABC News (Australia), the Irish Times, Foreign Policy, and Truthout all reported that on Tuesday, September 2, 2026, a US missile strike hit a wedding celebration at a private residence in Kuhestak, Sirik County, Hormozgan province, southern Iran, killing at least four people (including two children, ages 4 and 16) and wounding dozens more (reports range from ~50 to 68 injured). Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson and the Iranian Red Crescent Society explicitly called the strike a 'war crime' and the Red Crescent formally asked the ICC to investigate. A CENTCOM spokesman quoted by ABC News said 'the US military never targets civilians' when asked about the reports of civilian casualties, consistent with a general US denial of targeting civilians, though outlets did not report a specific point-by-point US rebuttal of this particular strike's details. No dedicated fact-check article from Reuters Fact Check, AFP Fact Check, Bellingcat, or EUvsDisinfo specifically addressing this incident was found in my searches, but the event itself is extensively and consistently reported across independent international news organizations with named officials, casualty details, and photographic/video evidence cited.