Iran attacks US sites after American strikes, wedding deaths

**Iran Launches Attacks on U.S. Sites in the Middle East After U.S. Bombardments and Wedding‑Related Casualties**

*September 12, 2026* – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced a coordinated series of missile and drone strikes against U.S. military installations in the Middle East on Wednesday, following a wave of U.S. airstrikes that began on Sunday. The attacks came amid reports that four people, including a child, were killed and more than 50 were wounded when a U.S. strike hit a wedding party in southern Iran.

### U.S. Strikes and Wedding Casualties

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its first known strikes against Iranian targets in several weeks were carried out on Sunday. The attacks were described by U.S. officials as “large and powerful” and were said to target Iranian military sites and infrastructure. The U.S. has not confirmed the specific targets hit in the wedding party incident.

The Iranian Red Crescent reported that the wedding, held in the city of Sirik in southern Iran, was struck by a U.S. missile. Four people, including a child, were killed and more than 50 others were wounded. A video posted by an Iranian government account showed debris and damage at the site and included audio of people screaming.

### Iranian Retaliation

The IRGC said it had launched a “coordinated missile and drone attack” on U.S. bases in Erbil, Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, destroying a maintenance centre, warehouses and the guidance system of a U.S. surveillance aerostat. The Guard also reported a ballistic missile strike on a U.S. Marine training camp in Jordan’s Gulf of Aqaba and a drone attack that set a residential complex on fire in Kuwait, though no casualties were reported.

In the Gulf, Iranian forces claimed to have struck two oil tankers that had been hit by mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The Guard said the mines were deployed at the “urging of the U.S. military to transit via an illegal route.” The U.S. has maintained a counter‑blockade of Iranian ports in response to Iranian control of the Strait.

### Statements from Officials

– **Iranian Officials**
– IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebi warned on X that Washington would “regret its new attacks” and that “severe punishment awaits the aggressors.”
– Iran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, called the United States “Satan” in a post on X, describing the U.S. as “the Great Satan.”
– President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that Iran would match any U.S. move and urged the United States to return to a diplomatic path rather than a policy of pressure and threats.

– **U.S. Officials**
– CENTCOM spokesman Tim Hawkins said the U.S. military “never targets civilians, unlike the IRGC.”
– Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is no longer in office, warned on his Truth Social platform that if Iran retaliated, the U.S. would respond “at a much harder and higher level,” and that “

Article and image source: al-monitor.com