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[^2]\n\nAt least 19 Iranians were killed in a flare-up of exchanges between Iran and the United States, including four people at a wedding in Sirik. [^3]\n\nThe Iranian Red Crescent sent a formal request to the International Criminal Court to open legal action against the United States following a bombing in Sirik, southern Iran, that occurred during a wedding. [^4]\n\nUS Vice President JD Vance stated on Thursday that 'sometimes things happen' when asked if an American strike was responsible for killing four people at a wedding in southern Iran. [^5]\n\nUS Vice President JD Vance stated on Thursday that he would not call the ongoing fighting between the United States and Iran a 'war'. [^6]\n\nBBC Verify analyzed footage released of the aftermath of the strike and spoken to a weapons expert to identify munition remnants. [^7]\n\nThe US military says it is aware of the reports but that it never targets civilians. [^8]\n\nIran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei condemned the US attack on the wedding in Sirik as a war crime and an unlawful war of choice. [^9]\n\nIran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei warned the United States that Iran would soon unveil a new strategy on the battlefield, in diplomacy, and in confronting the economic blockade. [^10]\n\nIran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on X that US authorities executed the incursion on the wedding ceremony and dismissed audiovisual content released by the US. [^11]\n\nThe Iranian Red Crescent classified the bombing as an alleged war crime due to the civilian casualties. 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