In a letter to the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor, the IRCS said the attack, reportedly carried out by US forces against a civilian gathering, raised serious concerns under international humanitarian law and warranted an independent investigation.

“Given the reported civilian character of the location as the venue of a family wedding ceremony, as well as the presence of civilians at the site, the incident raises serious concerns under international humanitarian law and warrants an independent, impartial, thorough, and effective investigation,” the IRCS said.

According to the Iranian Red Crescent, the attack occurred at approximately 21:30 local time and targeted a wedding ceremony in Kuhestak, Sirik County, Hormozgan Province.

The organization said preliminary information indicated that at least four people had been killed and approximately 67 others injured, warning that the death toll could rise because some of the wounded were in critical condition.

The IRCS said the US attack could entail individual criminal responsibility under international criminal law if the relevant elements established under the Rome Statute were met.

“Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of civilian life or injury to civilians that would be clearly excessive in relation to the concrete and direct overall military advantage anticipated may, subject to the conditions and elements prescribed by the Rome Statute, give rise to individual criminal responsibility under international criminal law,” the statement said.

The organization stressed that international humanitarian law requires parties to armed conflict to distinguish between civilians and combatants and between civilian objects and military objectives.

It also noted that civilians and civilian populations must not be the object of attack and that indiscriminate attacks are prohibited.

Furthermore, the IRCS said parties to a conflict are required to take all feasible precautions in planning and carrying out military operations to verify the nature of targets and minimize civilian casualties.

The Iranian Red Crescent said that if an independent investigation established that the wedding venue and those present were civilian in character, or that no lawful military objective existed at the site, the US attack could constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law and, where the relevant legal elements were established, a war crime.

The organization called on the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor to receive and assess the information concerning the attack, preserve and evaluate relevant evidence, and take appropriate measures within its legal mandate if the jurisdictional requirements under the Rome Statute were met.