The Iranian regime’s Ambassador Ghazanfar Roknabadi said the cultural attaché Sheikh Ibrahim Ansari has been killed in the explosion, Associated Press reported.
Lebanon’s news agency reported 15 killed in twin explosions near the Iranian regime Embassy in Lebanon, including 2 Iranians.
Associated press reported: Iranian regime’s ambassador says cultural attaché critically wounded in Beirut blasts near Iran Embassy.
According to Reuters, two explosions targeting the Iranian regime embassy on Tuesday killed 18 people and damaging buildings around the embassy compound, medical sources and witnesses said.
It was not immediately clear whether the ambassador or any diplomatic staff were among the victims of the explosions, which took place within minutes of each other. Embassy officials would not comment to Reuters when reached by phone.
Lebanese television stations said at 100 people were wounded, but they quoted Iranian regime diplomatic sources saying none of their staff inside the embassy was hurt.
“At one entrance of the Iranian regime embassy I counted six bodies outside. I saw body parts around and thrown two streets away,” Reuters television cameraman Issam Abdullah said from the scene.
“There is huge damage, it looks like it is a car bomb. One car is twisted there. There were two Mercedes cars badly damaged,” he added.