In Iran, videos show a wedding that turned into a funeral after a US airstrike.

Decorations on the ground, amid debris and bloodstains: videos widely shared in Iran on Wednesday showed how a wedding turned into a nightmare after a US strike on the southeast of the country, which killed four people according to authorities.

According to the Iranian Red Crescent, 68 people were also injured in the bombing on Tuesday evening in the coastal town of Kuhestak, in the Strait of Hormuz region, after Washington announced new strikes against the Revolutionary Guards, Iran's armed power.

"Another pair of military boots in this military base!", a man mocks as he picks up a white glittery sandal at the scene of the strike, in a video posted on social media.

There are colorful party decorations scattered on the ground and other shoes abandoned in the chaos.

"You are evil, you attacked people's homes and turned their wedding ceremony into a funeral," the man fumes in the video, which was relayed by the Fars news agency.

In other images, cries of distress can be heard, as rescuers arrive to help.

The Red Crescent released a video apparently filmed from above at dawn, showing a hole in the roof of a house, with debris and rubble scattered into the nearby alleyways.

In a video from state television, a reporter picks up a piece of charred metal presented as coming from an "American missile (...) which turned a wedding ceremony into a tragedy."

A child was among the four dead, according to authorities.

- "War crime" -

Washington did not specify what was targeted in Kuhestak, nor did it directly comment on the strike.

The US military "never targets civilians," the Central Command (Centcom) asserted, while Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghai denounced it as a "war crime."

The new military escalation began on Sunday, after a month of calm, when the United States struck rocket launchers located on an Iranian island, to which Tehran retaliated by targeting American sites in the region.

Negotiations to end hostilities are at a standstill, while the memorandum of understanding signed in June had already fallen apart in July.

In Hormozgan province, where the nighttime strike took place, authorities indicated that several telecommunications sites had been "seriously damaged", causing disruptions to the network.

State television broadcast images of a collapsed telecommunications tower in Kuhestak, which Iranian media estimates is about 140 meters from where the wedding was being celebrated.

In a video broadcast by state media, the bride's father, Ali Mallahi, shares in her grief, even though she and her husband are safe and sound.

"Thank God, the death toll isn't higher," he sighed.

- "Ordinary people" -

Another video, relayed by Iranian media, shows injured children and adults in hospital beds.

"As we arrived (at the wedding venue), an explosion occurred," recounts an unidentified man. "It was really powerful, so powerful that even before I arrived, pieces and debris hit me in the head and face and I lost consciousness."

The guests were "all ordinary people," he added.

The tragedy has caused shock as far away as Tehran, where Hossein Moazami, a 50-year-old self-employed worker, says he was "devastated".

"It's really sad to see them attacking a place where people had gathered in joy," he told AFP.

"I hope they will all return to the negotiating table because the only ones suffering from all this are the Iranians," he adds.

🚨 🇮🇷 A US attack on a wedding ceremony in Sirik, in southern Iran's Hormozgan province, killed four people, including a child, the provincial Red Crescent's managing director said, according to Tasnim. The province's deputy governor for security earlier reported 50 wounded.… pic.twitter.com/eoHMkD2jJA

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