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[^2]\n\nEsmaeil Baqaei, spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated on September 1, 2026, that the United States has mistakenly understood negotiations as a means of dictation. [^3]\n\nAl Jazeera reported that a US airstrike on a wedding in Iran killed at least four people, including two children aged 4 and 16. [^4]\n\nIran launched retaliatory attacks on Iraq, Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait following the US airstrike. [^5]\n\nIran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei wrote on X on 2026-09-02 that the truth about the US's illegal aggressive war and war crime lies in Sirik, where a wedding ceremony was bombed as part of Washington's desperate effort to hide its defeat. [^6]\n\nIranian authorities reported that US airstrikes on the town of Kuhestak in Sirik county killed 18 people and wounded 108. [^7]\n\nUS President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on 2026-09-01 that if the 'failed nation' Iran retaliated against the US attack, it would be struck again at a much harder and higher level, and that very little of the Islamic Republic of Iran would remain. [^8]\n\nAt least five people were killed, including a four-year-old child, and over 50 people were wounded in a residential home in Kuhestak, Sirik, a coastal area on the Strait of Hormuz. [^9]\n\nJordan Armed Forces-Arab Army spokesperson said that the country's air defence systems dealt with 13 ballistic missiles from Iran and intercepted 10 successfully. [^10]\n\nBaqaei accused the United States of acting with bad faith and lacking a clear direction in its approach toward Iran, characterizing the US strategy as a strategic error. [^11]\n\nBaqaei warned that Iranian forces will respond to any further attacks by the United States. 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