{
  "id": 5055626,
  "title": "Iran’s top negotiator calls US ‘Satan’ after wedding attack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/irans-top-negotiator-calls-us-satan-after-wedding-attack",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T08:43:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/09/02/iran-s-top-negotiator-calls-us-satan-after-wedding-attack"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "TEHRAN: Iran's top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, denounced the United States as \"Satan\" following an attack on a wedding ceremony in southern Iran. At least four individuals lost their lives, and dozens were injured in the late-night strike on the Kuhestak event, according to Iranian officials. Ghalibaf emphasized that the attack resulted in the deaths of children alongside family members. He singled out numerous deadly incidents in Iran during the early stages of the Middle East conflict, including an assault on a school in Minab.\n\nGhalibaf's harsh remarks came in a post on X, where he stated, \"If a power acts like Satan, picks targets like Satan, and kills like Satan, it's Satan. A junior Satan that does the same? It's The Great Satan.\" The term \"Satan\" was initially used by Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, in 1979, and has since been employed by subsequent Iranian leaders to refer to the United States.\n\nIn retaliation for the wedding attack, Iran carried out drone and missile strikes on US military bases across the Middle East, including in Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq's Kurdistan region. However, the US military refrained from explicitly addressing the wedding strike. CENTCOM spokesperson Tim Hawkins asserted that the US military never targets civilians, contrasting this stance with that of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.",
  "summary": "At least four people were killed and dozens wounded in a late-night US strike on a wedding ceremony in Kuhestak, southern Iran.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}