With the world’s focus regarding the US-Iran war largely on the conflict’s geopolitical dimensions and its impact on the global economy, the human toll is often overlooked.

On Sept 1, as hostilities once again flared between Washington and Tehran, a wedding party in the Iranian town of Kuhestak, Hormozgan, was struck by a projectile. A night of joy turned into one of terror and tragedy as at least five people, including children, were killed.

Several were injured. It is widely believed the US is responsible for this abominable attack; the American vice-president says his country is investigating the incident. The tragedy mirrors the atrocity that occurred at the Minab school at the beginning of the conflict, in which over 150 people — mostly schoolchildren — were massacred, again in an American attack.

These deplorable incidents indicate that the US has no war strategy; precious lives are being lost because a bruised superpower cannot admit that it has failed.

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