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Iran’s Red Crescent Society has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate a U.S. missile strike on a wedding ceremony in Kuhestak, Hormozgan province, saying the attack may constitute a war crime.
In a letter to the ICC prosecutor, the Iranian Red Crescent Society, or IRCS, called for legal action over the strike, which it said killed four people and wounded 67 others.
“Given the reported civilian character of the location as the venue of a family wedding ceremony, as well as the presence of civilians at the site, the incident raises serious concerns under international humanitarian law and warrants an independent, impartial, thorough, and effective investigation,” the organization said.
The IRCS said intentionally launching an attack while knowing that expected civilian deaths or injuries would be clearly excessive compared with the anticipated military advantage could, under the Rome Statute, result in individual criminal responsibility.
The organization said the circumstances surrounding the strike could therefore constitute a war crime.
The attack hit a residential home in Kuhestak, in Iran’s Sirik County, where Iranian officials said a wedding ceremony was taking place.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Wednesday that its missile and drone attack on Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait was carried out in response to the U.S. strike in Kuhestak.
The IRGC claimed its attack targeted the command post and accommodation of a U.S. commander at the base, killing some U.S. personnel and destroying drones and other facilities.
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