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Iran threatens tougher strategy after US strikes kill 4 at wedding
Yahoo • • world
Key Points:
- Iran condemned a US airstrike that killed at least four civilians, including a child, at a wedding in southern Iran, calling it a "war crime" and threatening a tougher strategy in the ongoing conflict with the United States.
- The latest escalation follows US bombardments of Iranian sites and Iranian retaliatory attacks on US bases in Jordan, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Iraq's Kurdistan region, resulting in at least 19 Iranian deaths.
- Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei warned of a new comprehensive Iranian strategy involving battlefield, diplomatic, and economic measures to counter US actions.
- The US military denied targeting civilians and accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards of attacks, while President Trump threatened harder strikes if Iran continued retaliation.
- The conflict, which began in late February, has intensified tensions over control of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil export route, with both sides blaming each other for recent attacks on oil tankers and shipping lanes.
