Media: Four killed, including toddler, in US strike on Iran's Sirik UPDATED

Around 70 people were injured, four of whom, including a four-year-old child, were killed in a US strike on a wedding celebration at a residential building in Sirik, IRIB reported.

In response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ground forces carried out a combined missile and drone strike early today on a command post and living quarters used by a US commander at Ali Al Salem Air Base, according to IRIB.

The IRGC said the attack was conducted simultaneously with strikes on US bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Erbil in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

Several US servicemen were killed in the attack, according to the IRGC.

The force also said that a drone hangar and a deployment area used in attacks on civilians were subsequently set on fire, while several drones were destroyed.

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Deaths and dozens of injuries have been reported following US strikes in southern Iran after a telecommunications tower in the Kuheštak area was struck on the evening of September 1, according to Iranian media.

According to Iranian television, four people were killed and 35 seriously wounded in the attack.

Ahmad Nafisi, deputy governor of Hormozgan province, said a residential building where a wedding was taking place was also hit. It remains unclear whether the building was the intended target.

Meanwhile, Valiollah Hayati, deputy governor of Khuzestan province, reports that seven people were killed and eight wounded in overnight US strikes on three sites in the province.

The strikes targeted sites in areas around Ahvaz and Aghajari.

The United States has not yet issued an immediate comment on the incidents.

By Aghakazim Guliyev