‘Sometimes things happen,’ Vance says US investigating reported strike on Iranian wedding

Amid reports of a strike on an Iranian wedding party, US Vice President JD Vance said Thursday “sometimes things happen” in combat but stressed that Washington does not target civilians.

Vance said the US was investigating reports that an alleged US strike on a wedding celebration in Iran killed and wounded civilians. He said he had been briefed on the investigation but did not have information establishing whether US forces were responsible.

“I’m extremely skeptical of this,” Vance said, referring to Iranian state media reports, which he argued had not provided reliable accounts of the conflict.

“What I can say with 100% confidence is that, unlike the IRGC, the United States never targets civilians in combat,” Vance said. “We never will do that. We never have done that.”

He acknowledged that civilian casualties can occur during military operations, saying: “Unfortunately, obviously, sometimes things happen.” He added that if the US military makes mistakes, it investigates them and learns from them.