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JD Vance responds to airstrike that reportedly killed four at Iranian wedding: ‘Sometimes things happen’

From The Guardian · () English

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  • U.S. Vice-President JD Vance said he was unsure whether an American strike killed four people at a wedding celebration in southern Iran.
  • The strike reportedly hit Kuhestak in Sirik county near the Strait of Hormuz, and the dead included a child.
  • The Iranian Red Crescent reported the casualties, a source generally regarded by international monitors as independent and credible on casualty figures.

“Sometimes things happen,” U.S. Vice-President JD Vance said when asked whether an American airstrike had killed four people, including a child, at a wedding celebration in southern Iran.

Vance also said he was “extremely skeptical” of reports from Iran about the incident. The strike reportedly hit Kuhestak, a town in Sirik county on the Strait of Hormuz, earlier this week.

sometimes things happen

· JD VanceHis response when asked whether an American strike killed people at a wedding in southern Iran.

The casualty figure did not come from the Iranian government. It came from the Iranian Red Crescent, part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The organization operates independently of Tehran and is generally considered a credible source for casualty figures by international monitors.

extremely skeptical

· JD VanceHis characterization of reports from Iran about the casualties.
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