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Vance: US probing airstrike that Iran says hit a wedding party

September 3, 2026 2:31 PM

WASHINGTON, Sept ‌3 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice ​President ​JD Vance on Thursday said the United States ‌is investigating an airstrike that Iran says ⁠struck a wedding party in Iran.

"We're ‌investigating it because obviously ‌we care. We want to know," Vance told reporters during a ​White House press briefing.

"If we do make mistakes, again, ⁠this is a big difference between us and ​Iran, when our military makes mistakes, they learn from them ​to try to get ‌better from them," Vance added.

Iranian officials say four ⁠people died and nearly 70 were wounded by a strike that hit ⁠a home during a wedding. Iranian state ​TV reported on Thursday that a fifth person, a 22-year-old woman, had since ‌died in hospital.

The U.S. military has said it was ‌aware of the Iranian reports ⁠but that ‌it "never targets civilians".

(Reporting ​by Humeyra Pamuk and Ryan Patrick Jones; editing by Michelle ‌Nichols )

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