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[^3]\n\nOn Wednesday, the United States and Iran engaged in the largest exchange of fire between Tehran and Washington since July, with US forces striking Iran's southern coast and Iran firing at American bases across the region. [^4]\n\nThe deputy governor confirmed the report regarding the US strike and the casualties in the residential area. [^5]\n\nThe US strike hit a residential area in Bandar Kuhestak in Sirik county while people were attending a wedding ceremony. [^6]\n\nIran launched retaliatory missile and drone attacks following the US strikes, though specific targets remain unclear. [^7]\n\nUS Central Command confirmed that US forces began attacking targets of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran at 12:00 p.m. ET. [^8]\n\nUS President Donald Trump confirmed on Truth Social that the US had launched new attacks on Iran as retaliation for Iranian attempts to place mines in the Strait of Hormuz and an attack on a US military base in Jordan. [^9]\n\nA child was among the victims of the strikes. [^10]\n\nIran accused Washington of hitting a wedding party, killing five people and wounding dozens. [^11]\n\nIran responded by striking what it said were US assets in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Iraq, and said its aim was now to drive US forces out of the vast network of military bases they have maintained for decades across the Middle East. 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