Iran hits back after deadly US strike on wedding: As it happened

Tehran says five people, including a child, were killed as it launched retaliatory strikes on US military facilities in Jordan and Bahrain

Published 1 Sep, 2026 17:57 | Updated 2 Sep, 2026 08:19

Iran has launched a new wave of missile and drone attacks on US military facilities in the Gulf region after Washington resumed strikes on southern Iran, killing civilians, including children.

The US military began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, saying the operation was launched in response to alleged Iranian attempts to attack commercial shipping and US troops in the region. President Donald Trump called the strikes “large and powerful” and warned Tehran that any retaliation would trigger an even harsher response.

The Iranian authorities said a US strike hit a residential building in Kuhestak, Hormozgan Province, where a wedding was taking place. At least five civilians were killed, including a four-year-old child and a 16-year-old teenager, and dozens more were injured.

Iran subsequently launched what it called a “punishing response,” claiming missile and drone attacks on US military facilities in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE, and Erbil in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The strikes targeted Camp Titin near Aqaba, Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain, Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, and Al Dhafra and Al Minhad bases in the UAE.

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The IRGC claimed US personnel were killed and military equipment was destroyed in some of the attacks.

Jordan said 13 ballistic missiles entered its airspace during the latest attacks, with ten intercepted and three falling away from populated areas.

The escalation follows an exchange of strikes over the weekend, after US forces hit Iran’s Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran retaliated with ballistic missiles and drones targeting US military positions in Jordan. Trump subsequently vowed to “hit Iran hard.”

Washington has also stepped up economic pressure on Tehran, launching an “economic onslaught” and threatening to cut foreign institutions that deal with Iran off from the US dollar system. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that new secondary sanctions could be rolled out every week against foreign banks and companies that continue dealing with Tehran.

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02 September 2026
07:40 GMT
The Iranian strikes came hours after the US resumed attacks on Iran on Tuesday. President Donald Trump warned Tehran against retaliating.
“If Iran retaliates against these strikes, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level,” Trump said, adding that an even larger attack is “waiting in the wings.”
“When it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Trump said the strikes are in retaliation for Iran’s “failed attempt” to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz and launching eight missiles at a US military base in Jordan, which he said were all intercepted.
In a phone call with Fox News later on Tuesday, Trump escalated the threat, saying Iran would be “totally wiped out” if it strikes back. “This is a very big hit today. If it goes a third time, they’re going to be totally wiped out as a country,” Fox News quoted him as saying.
07:34 GMT
The IRGC said it had also launched dozens of kamikaze drones at two US military bases in the UAE, expanding its retaliatory strikes across the region.
The drones targeted radar systems and US forces at Al Dhafra and Al Minhad air bases, according to the IRGC. It described the Al Dhafra base as a key operational center of “criminal America in the region,” used for air operations, reconnaissance, surveillance, and support.
The IRGC said the attacks were retaliation for US strikes on Iranian residential areas and the “targeting of a wedding ceremony” in southern Iran.
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Four people were killed in the US strike on the wedding gathering in Sirik county on Tuesday night, Al Jazeera reported, citing the Hormozgan governorate. The dead included a four-year-old child and a 16-year-old teenager, as well as two women aged 43 and 50.
06:52 GMT
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday it had killed “a number of enemy elements” and destroyed several drones in a missile and drone attack on Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Air Base.
In a statement, the IRGC said its Ground Force carried out a “combined missile and drone attack” on the headquarters and residence of the US commander at the base. The strike reportedly set fire to a drone hangar and deployment ramp and destroyed several drones used in attacks on Iran.
Kuwait earlier said it had intercepted Iranian missiles and drones but reported no casualties.
The IRGC said the operation was carried out alongside strikes on US bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Erbil in retaliation for a US strike on a residential building in Sirik, southern Iran, where officials said a wedding ceremony was taking place. The IRGC said the strike killed four people, including a child.
Addressing Kuwaitis, the IRGC said the attack targeted the “US military presence” rather than the Kuwaiti people and called for the removal of American forces from the country.
04:54 GMT
Oil prices surged after the latest exchange of strikes between Washington and Tehran renewed fears of supply disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices initially jumped the US announced its strikes on Tuesday, with Brent settling 4.6% higher at $94.65 a barrel and WTI gaining 5.2% to $90.22.
Prices continued climbing early Wednesday, with Brent trading above $95 and WTI above $91.
04:31 GMT
All US personnel are accounted for following Iran’s retaliatory strikes, a senior American official told Fox News.
The official said US forces intercepted “the majority of” missiles fired by Tehran, with most of the missiles and drones reportedly headed toward Jordan. No major damage has been reported at US bases across the Middle East, the official added.
04:03 GMT
Brigadier General Yadollah Javani, the IRGC’s deputy for political affairs, has urged regional countries hosting American forces to expel them and reclaim US bases.
“It would be better for you to expel the Americans from your countries and take back the bases,” Javani said, according to Tasnim.
Otherwise, he warned, Iran would deliver “decisive and crushing responses” to any attack launched from Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan or any other country.
Iran Strikes U.S. Sites Across Four Countries

1) 🇮🇶 Iraq: Maintenance center, equipment warehouses, surveillance system and fuel tanks

2) 🇯🇴 Jordan: Marine facilities, attack helicopters and drone hangars

3) 🇧🇭 Bahrain: Radar systems, fuel infrastructure and U.S. troop… pic.twitter.com/xMsJCVioWs
— Ryan Rozbiani (@RyanRozbiani) September 2, 2026
03:45 GMT
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry has issued a third alert over a “potential threat” in the past six hours, again urging residents to remain calm and move to the nearest safe location. The ministry also called on the public to follow updates through official channels.
An alert of potential threat.The Ministry of Interior urged citizens and residents to remain calm, proceed to the nearest safe location, and follow news through official channels for the protection of public safety.
— Ministry of Interior (@moi_bahrain) September 2, 2026
03:28 GMT
US forces struck around 100 targets during the latest round of attacks on Iran – including two government tankers anchored off Iran’s coast, north of the US naval blockade line, Axios reported, citing unnamed US officials.
American drones fired missiles into the tankers’ engine rooms under what one US official described as a new “tanker for tanker” policy reportedly approved by President Donald Trump in response to Iranian attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
03:12 GMT
Israeli warplanes launched multiple strikes on southern Lebanon, according to regional media reports. Al Mayadeen reported a heavy barrage targeting Nabatieh al-Fawqa, while Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground said the Israeli military carried out two air strikes on the outskirts of Kfar Ramman and Arab Selim.
شنّ الطيران الحربي الإسرائيلي حزامًا ناريًا عنيفًا استهدف بلدة النبطية الفوقا، في الجنوب.#الميادين_لبنان pic.twitter.com/ATabyxPhcc
— الميادين لبنان - AL Mayadeen Lebanon (@mayadeenlebanon) September 2, 2026
02:55 GMT
At least seven people were killed and eight others injured in separate US missile strikes on three locations in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan Province, IRNA reported, according to Al Jazeera. The casualties are separate from those reported in the strike on Kuhestak in Hormozgan Province, where a wedding was underway.

01 September 2026
17:59 GMT
US Central Command said in a post on X on Tuesday that American forces had begun striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets at 12 p.m. Eastern Time (16:00 GMT), adding that the operation followed “recent attempted attacks” by the IRGC on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and on US troops deployed in the region.
Today at 12 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran. The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) September 1, 2026
18:30 GMT
Trump wrote on Truth Social that the US was striking Iranian targets “near the Strait of Hormuz,” describing the operation as “large and powerful” and calling it retaliation for what he said was an attempted Iranian mining of the waterway and a missile attack on a US base in Jordan. He warned that if Tehran retaliates again, it would be “hit again at a much harder and higher level.”
18:40 GMT
Iranian media have reported explosions in the southeastern cities of Konarak and Chabahar following the US strikes. According to IRNA, a provincial security official said a total of four projectiles hit the two counties.
19:20 GMT
Broadcaster IRIB has reported that a wedding ceremony in Sirik, a coastal area near the Strait of Hormuz, was hit by shrapnel in what it described as a “brutal attack” by the US. Two people were killed and several others injured, according to local officials.
19:25 GMT
Iran has vowed to retaliate for the US strikes with “crushing and devastating blows,” according to statements from Iran’s armed forces published by Tasnim. Tehran will “under no circumstances compromise” on the country’s rights and will impose “heavy costs” on the US, the statements said.
19:30 GMT
More than 50 people were initially reported injured in the strike on Kuhestak, Hossein Kermanpour, a senior Iranian Health Ministry official, said. Kermanpour said a child was among those killed and that electricity and telephone connections in the area had been cut.
19:44 GMT
Four people, including a young child, were killed when shrapnel from a US missile strike hit a residential home where a wedding was underway in Kuhestak, in Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province, the Iranian Red Crescent said.
“More than 50 people were injured and four people, including a young child, were martyred,” the organization said.
Rescue operations and medical treatment for the wounded were continuing.
20:49 GMT
Iran’s military says it has launched drone strikes against US facilities at Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain.
The Iranian Army said radar facilities and areas used by American forces were targeted in what it described as the 29th phase of its “Lightning” operation.
It vowed a “crushing and extensive response” to further US attacks.
20:55 GMT
Press TV has shared footage purportedly showing the immediate aftermath of the deadly strike on a wedding in Kuhestak.
21:05 GMT
Victims of the US strike on a wedding in southern Iran, including children, have been brought to hospital for treatment, Press TV reported. The outlet shared footage purportedly showing the wounded receiving medical care.