Iran Guards chief vows to avenge victims killed in US wedding strike
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In a rare statement, the chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vowed to avenge the victims of a US strike that hit a wedding on Wednesday overnight.
“To the esteemed and patient families of the noble martyrs of the criminal and terrorist attack by the aggressive and criminal United States regime on a wedding ceremony in the oppressed Kouhestak region of Hormozgan province,” the message by General Ahmad Vahidi, the IRGC’s Commander-in-Chief said according to Iranian media.
“Without a doubt, the pure blood of these oppressed martyrs, who in the height of their innocence and victimhood were brought down in blood and soil at the hands of the criminals of history and the evil-doers of our time, will never go unanswered,” Vahidi said.
“It will certainly catch up with those who carried out and ordered this heinous crime.”
At least four people were killed and dozens wounded in a late-night strike on the ceremony in Kuhestak in southern Iran, according to Iranian officials.
The US military did not address the wedding strike directly.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesman Tim Hawkins said "the US military never targets civilians, unlike the IRGC", referring to Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
