Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Narrowly Escaped Embassy Blasts
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Iran's ambassador to Lebanon narrowly escaped a twin suicide bombing outside the embassy that killed 23 people, including an aide and four guards, an Iranian diplomatic source told AFP Wednesday.
"Ambassador Ghazanfar Rokn Abadi was on his way with cultural attache Ibrahim Ansari to see caretaker Culture Minister Gaby Layyoun," the Iranian diplomatic source said of Tuesday's attack.
"The attache was waiting in the car near the entrance when the first suicide attacker blew himself up. The ambassador, who would have left the building within a minute, went back."
Ansari and four embassy guards were among the dead, said Iran's deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who arrived in Beirut on Wednesday.
"Among the innocent, pure martyrs were four guards of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as were the Iranian cultural attache Sheikh Ibrahim Ansari and an innocent Iranian woman," he told reporters.
The twin suicide attack was claimed by an Al-Qaida-affiliated group and is the first of its kind against the Lebanon mission of Iran, a close ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Iran has had a military adviser mission in Syria since 1980 and is the key backer of Lebanon's Hizbullah, which has intervened in the conflict in support of Assad's forces.
The Iranian mission hit by Tuesday's bombings is located in a Hizbullah bastion in south Beirut.
In an interview with AFP, Hizbullah political bureau chief Sheikh Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyed denounced the bombings as a "cowardly, desperate act".
He dared Hizbullah opponents "to come fight in Syria".
Russian Ambassador Alexander Zasypkin charged that the bombings were an attempt to torpedo a peace conference the United Nations is trying to organize next month with the backing of both Moscow and Washington.
They "target... efforts being made towards a peaceful solution," Zasypkin said.
20 November 2013, 14:37
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according to all of today's declarations, it looks like hizbushaitan is about to launch new bombings in all directions.
this terrorist Iranian militia and its master iran are driving the region into large scale war.
by the way: the Iranian ambassador is part of the Iranian pasdaran, thus he is a legal target.
20 November 2013, 14:48
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the sick mind is yours, and the confusion in the region is because of this:
اعتبر بيان لكتائب عبدالله عزام، القريبة من تنظيم القاعدة، ان ما صدر عن وزير الدفاع فايز غصن ورئيس الحكومة نجيب ميقاتي حول اكتشاف خلية اصولية ارهابية تعد لتفجير ثكنة عسكرية تابعة للجيش اللبناني "ترداد لما املاه عليهما اسيادهما من حزب الله".
وتوجه البيان الى من سماهم "اجراء الحزب الاعلاميين". بالقول: "اذا لم تنتهوا من صنع الاحاديث سنكشف للرأي العام العروض التي قدمها لنا "حزب الله" ومخابرات النظام السوري لضرب اهداف في لبنان مقابل ما نريده من المال والخدمات".
20 November 2013, 14:52
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مع الغموض الذي يحيط بما سمي إعلان كتائب عبد الله عزام، من خلال حساب الشيخ سراج الدين زريقات على "تويتر" ما اعتبر تبنيا للتفجير المزدوج الذي استهدف السفارة الايرانية في الضاحية، لا بد من تفعيل الذاكرة، ،ففي آذار من العام 2012 كشف أعضاء في كتائب عبد الله عزام أن "حزب الله" عرض على قيادتها أن تقوم لمصلحته بعمليات محددة، ومنها اغتيال النائب وليد جنبلاط، ولكن هذه الكتائب رفضت التنفيذ.
20 November 2013, 14:50
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let me remind all that it is the Syrian regime and iran who have been helping and harboring Al Qaeda.
those who want to deny this truth are really stupid as this is more than documented across the world. :)
20 November 2013, 15:10
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you live in denial stupid FT.
each day you prove this fact more and more :)
20 November 2013, 15:14
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س: هل التقيت بجنبلاط بعد صدور بيان كتائب عبد الله عزّام، حيث زعم أن "حزب الله" طلب من قيادتها إغتيال وليد جنبلاط؟
ج: إن "حزب الله" خبيث جدا. وعلى الرغم من ادعائه الطهارة والقداسة، فهو يدبّر شرورا كثيرة. أنا أعرف كثيرا مما يسمح باتهام "حزب الله" بقضية اغتيال الرئيس رفيق الحريري، والمحكمة هي من تقرر. العلاقة الساسية بين وليد جنبلاط وبين "حزب الله" غير قائمة، وإن كان التنسيق الأمني قائما من خلال لقاءات مع وفيق صفا. وأعلم شخصيا، أن هناك نقاط مراقبة من قبل "حزب الله" في منطقة كليمنصو، وقد تكون هناك مراقبة من شبيحة النظام السوري. نعم هو بخطر.
20 November 2013, 15:29
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FT asked you a reasonable question where is the documents proving you BS
20 November 2013, 15:43
99
for those living in denial nothing is proof but what their turbaned master tells them :)
for those who know how to read: look it up in all news searches :)
20 November 2013, 15:08
98
i'm sure u didn't from of the embassy war that iran won in beirut against iraq... Yesterday bombing is an inside job...
20 November 2013, 15:10
1011
are u stupid and/or do u think that all people reading u are stupid, brainwashed and uneducated ?
20 November 2013, 15:37
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No you must be stupid and blind to facts.
Read this
NATO reveals 70% of Syrians support Bashar al-Assadhttp://www.voltairenet.org/article178779.html
20 November 2013, 15:17
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@southern
who was Iran supporting in Lebanon when M8 had a sit in and paralyzed the economy of DT Beirut? who was Iran supporting when M8 overthrew a "legal govt" in lebanon after that. i would be more than happy if people maintain a certain sense of logic and consistency.
i couldn't care less about saudi or about iran to be honest, truth is both are using lebanon as a chip and we are all stupid enough not to realize it.
20 November 2013, 15:26
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They overthrew a legal corrupt govt with legal means. the gov't that robbed lebanon of over 10 mil dollars
20 November 2013, 15:34
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WE should all pray for peace and understanding among all Lebanese people.Sounds far fetched but could be done.This beautiful country that God gave to all Lebanese should be worshipped by all peace loving Lebanese.God Bless Lebanon.
20 November 2013, 17:11
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@Southern : You are right ! No one should advocate for murder ! However, you guys just are begging for such disasters to happen ! You cannot engage in warfare and complain about repercussions ! All wars are dirty and you are opening the floodgates to hell and giving excuses for your opponents to attack you and innocent Lebanese who are dying because of you and Iran and the terrorist organisation Hezbollah ! !
20 November 2013, 18:47
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@Southern : you are truly an idiot !
Syrian Rebels are not terrorists ! There are terrorists fighting against assad, true. But most of the rebels are normal human beings fighting for freedom ! A concept you will never understand !
You are the most stupid human being in this group! You're blind as a Bat and argue like a parrot who has learned 3 sentences are repeats them over and over !
21 November 2013, 11:34
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Keep lying ... I don't cry habibi ... I laugh when I read you :)
It's the best comedy show ever ! and it's free to watch !
20 November 2013, 18:48
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@Southern : Only terrorists pray before committing murder... Hezbollah and Takfiris and Qaeda ... they shout "allahu akbar" before every fart and do not even understand the concept of god !
They are worst than animals!
Animals KILL to survive ! They do not murder ! Only Hezbollah and other terrorists and criminals murder people !
21 November 2013, 12:03
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@Southern : I don't pray ... I don't 'fear" god ... I don't hide behind god ... and I don't use god to justify my cause and weapons. And I certainly don't use god's name to create a terrorist military organisation like Hezbollah.
I don't need to have "Allah" hold a Kalashnikov on my flag to appear all mighty ...
And I certainly don't revert to stupid comments like you do ...
21 November 2013, 10:52
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"Among the innocent, pure martyrs were four guards of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as were the Iranian cultural attache Sheikh Ibrahim Ansari and an innocent Iranian woman,"
HAHA pure and innocent? yea you are on welfare mission maheik?
now we see how your boy nasro. uses ya ashraf wa athar el nass ou baddo yla33e2lon saramiyyoun! seriously people you are sick and must be stopped
21 November 2013, 12:08
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wow its amazing .. the state of denial that 8 march live in .... you do 7 ayar and kill innocent Lebanese people you go to syria and kill innocent people you assassinate Lebanese leaders and all that you can up with is that 14march are bloodthirsty how pathetic is that !!???
21 November 2013, 16:28
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I confirm that he escaped... he is writing in this forum under the avatar name of Flamethrower.
