Lebanese soldiers and policemen stand guard at the blast site in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 19, 2013. Iranian ambassador to Lebanon Ghadnfar Roknabadi confirmed Tuesday the killing of the embassy's cultural attache Sheikh Ibrahim Al Ansari in the twin explosions that rocked the southern suburbs of Beirut Tuesday morning. Lebanese Caretaker health minister Ali Hassan Khalil said that the toll from the blast reached 23 killed and 146 others injured, but the toll could rise further. (Xinhua/Koka)
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Iran says "foreign elements" behind Beirut blasts
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iranian officials said on Tuesday that "foreign elements" were behind the blasts that targeted Iran' s embassy in Lebanon's capital Beirut in the morning.
In a telephone conversation with his Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the perpetrators of the blasts "were provoked by the extremists and foreign elements to destabilize the region and Lebanon." Full story
