Iran Red Crescent urges ICC probe into deadly US strike on wedding party

What the report says

The Iranian Red Crescent Society has asked the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into a US missile strike that hit a wedding gathering in Kuhestak, a town in southern Iran near Sirik, according to Al Jazeera. The group said the attack took place on Tuesday evening and killed at least four people while injuring 67 others, with some victims reported to be in critical condition.

Al Jazeera reported that those killed included two women and two children, aged four and 16. The Red Crescent argued that the site’s civilian nature, if confirmed, would make the strike serious enough to warrant an independent international inquiry and could amount to a war crime under international humanitarian law, which bars attacks on civilians and civilian objects.

The article said the US Central Command acknowledged reports of the incident but denied targeting civilians. Iran’s foreign ministry rejected that response, and Iranian officials urged the UN Security Council to condemn the attack. Al Jazeera also noted that neither the United States nor Iran is party to the ICC’s Rome Statute, though some legal experts and rights groups say jurisdiction could potentially be created through a special declaration by Iran.

The reported strike came amid broader US attacks on Iranian coastal areas near the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic shipping route. More broadly, the report places the wedding-party attack within a wider period of conflict in which civilian infrastructure across Iran has been hit, deepening concerns about civilian harm and accountability.