Iran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has called the United States “Satan” following a deadly attack on a wedding ceremony in southern Iran.
At least four people were killed and dozens wounded in the late-night strike on the ceremony in Kuhestak, according to Iranian officials.
Ghalibaf said the attack killed children and families, while recalling several other deadly incidents during the early stages of the Middle East war, including an attack on a school in Minab.
“If a power acts like Satan, picks targets like Satan, and kills like Satan, it’s Satan. Shields a junior Satan that does the same? It’s THE Great Satan,” Ghalibaf said in a post on X, referring to the United States and its key ally, Israel.
The description of the United States as the “Great Satan” dates back to Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic, who coined the term in 1979. Iranian leaders have continued to use it when referring to the US.
Iran responded to the wedding attack with drone and missile strikes targeting US military bases across the Middle East.
The attacks targeted locations in Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq’s Kurdistan region, according to the report.
The US military did not directly address the reported wedding strike.
However, US Central Command spokesman Tim Hawkins said the American military “never targets civilians, unlike the IRGC”, referring to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
AFP.
