Tehran, Sept. 2 -- Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned recent US military strikes across several Iranian provinces, confirming that Iranian armed forces responded by launching "crushing defensive strikes" against American bases across the region.

In an official statement released on Wednesday, Tehran accused Washington of violating its national sovereignty and targeting non-military infrastructure, including telecommunication towers and civilian sites in Khuzestan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Hormozgan, and Kerman provinces.

The ministry highlighted a devastating strike in Sirik County, Hormozgan Province, where a wedding celebration was hit.

"In the attack by the American enemy on a wedding celebration in Kohastak, locat...