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Vance: US investigating strike on Iran wedding 'very fully'

Vance: US investigating strike on Iran wedding 'very fully' US Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Thursday that the US is "very fully" investigating the military's reported strikes on a wedding in Iran which killed at least four people this week. There were at least a dozen other victims along the southern coast of Iran after the US unleashed a barrage of attacks in one of the largest…

US Vice President JD Vance has disclosed that the United States is conducting a thorough investigation into the reported military strikes on an Iranian wedding, which resulted in at least four deaths and a dozen other casualties along the southern coast of the country. This incident marks one of the most significant escalations since the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the two nations was signed over two months ago.

Vance expressed skepticism towards Iranian state media's reporting of the conflict, emphasizing that his briefing has provided sufficient insight into the US's ongoing investigation.

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