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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\nIran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said on Tuesday that Iran will respond with firmness to the latest round of US strikes on the country. [^4]\n\nIranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei stated that a residential home in Kuhestak, Sirik, was brutally attacked while families were celebrating a wedding. [^5]\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. [^6]\n\nIran launched retaliatory attacks on Iraq, Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait following the US airstrike. [^7]\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. [^8]\n\nIranian authorities reported that US airstrikes on the town of Kuhestak in Sirik county killed 18 people and wounded 108. [^9]\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. [^10]\n\nIran and the United States exchanged threats on Wednesday following heavy military exchanges that included a strike on a wedding party in Sirik. [^11]\n\nPresident Donald Trump stated that US forces staged a very heavy attack on Iranian targets overnight and are prepared to conduct another attack any time. 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