“ACTS LIKE SATAN”
Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf lashed out at Washington over the wedding attack, calling the United States “Satan”.
“If a power acts like Satan, picks targets like Satan, and kills like Satan, it’s Satan,” he posted on X.
Iranians expressed regret at the return to hostilities.
Hossein Moazami, 50, who is self-employed, called the attacks “truly distressing.”
“I hope they all return to the negotiating table because the only people suffering from this are the Iranian people,” he said. “The Americans are on the other side of the world and nothing happens to them.”
A video shared by an Iranian government account showed debris and damage at what it said was the wedding site in Kuhestak following the US strike, with people heard screaming in the background.
“It is a very saddening incident,” Ali Mallahi, father of the bride and owner of the building that was hit, said in a video carried by state TV.
“Thank God the casualties were not higher.”
The war erupted on Feb 28 with US-Israeli attacks on Iran that killed its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A fragile ceasefire collapsed after attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of world oil supplies previously flowed.
Israel’s defence minister said meanwhile that his country was prepared to respond “with great force” if attacked by Iran over the Jewish high holiday season, which begins in mid-September.
“For now, they are striking throughout the region except us,” Israel Katz told a conference hosted by Israeli media outlets.
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