A four-year-old and 16-year-old were among five civilians killed in the strike, according to Iranian officials
The pro-Iranian Explosive Media Group has released a Lego-style AI animation showing a deadly US strike on a wedding in southern Iran that killed five civilians, including a child, according to the Iranian authorities.
The video emerged as the US resumed strikes on Iran on Tuesday, saying it was targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sites near the Strait of Hormuz over alleged threats to commercial shipping and US troops. Iran has since launched missile and drone strikes on US military facilities across the region.
The clip circulated on Iranian media on Wednesday along with footage from the scene in Kuhestak, Sirik County, Hormozgan Province, showing extensive damage to the residential building and debris scattered around the site. Iranian media described the attack as the US turning “a wedding in Sirik into mourning.”
USA attacked a wedding in Sirik and turned it into a mourning…
At least five people were killed and more than 60 wounded in the strike, many of them women and children, according to Iranian officials. A four-year-old and 16-year-old were among those killed.
Iran’s Red Crescent Society has called on the International Criminal Court to investigate the attack, saying the civilian nature of the site raises “serious concerns” under international humanitarian law. It said the strike could constitute a war crime and called for an independent and impartial investigation.
US Central Command spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins said the military is aware of reports of civilian casualties, adding that they originated in Iranian state media. “The US military never targets civilians,” he stated.
US President Donald Trump warned Tehran on Tuesday that if it retaliates, it would be hit “at a much harder and higher level,” adding that an even larger attack is “waiting in the wings” and would leave “very little” of Iran.
In a phone call with Fox News, Trump said Iran will be “totally wiped out” if it strikes back.
Iran subsequently announced its “punishing response,” claiming missile and drone attacks on US military facilities in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE, and Erbil in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The IRGC claimed that US personnel and military equipment were hit in some of the attacks.
Lego-style AI videos have become a feature of the online information war surrounding the conflict, with Explosive Media Group among the best-known creators. Their videos have gained millions of views, showing episodes from the fighting, often accompanied by rap music.
Iranian-American Lego cartoonist Mahdi Hemmat, another creator whose animations have gone viral, told RT earlier this year that this content helps Tehran challenge Washington’s narrative. America’s “old ‘believe what we say’ approach no longer works,” he said, because “reality is streaming live.”
Hemmat described Iran’s online strategy as “low cost, high impact,” saying content produced by independent creators could force “billion-dollar media empires to play defense.” He said his animations are based on “verifiable events anyone can deep dive into.”
