Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Thursday condemned a U.S. strike on a residential building on Qeshm Island in southern Iran that killed three civilians.

In a post on social media, Baghaei said that the overnight attack damaged several homes and killed taxi driver Qaisar Jafari, his wife Zahra, and their two-year-old son Sina.

Baghaei said that every explosion, attack, sanction, threat, and killing of children would strengthen the Iranian people's determination and unity in defending their country and rights.