Larijani: U.S., Israel Have Always Wished for Chaos in Lebanon
Iran's Speaker Ali Larijani on Wednesday condemned the suicide blasts that targeted the Iranian Embassy in Beirut and stressed that the U.S. and Israel “have benefited most from such terrorist operations.”
In remarks carried by the official IRNA news agency, Larijani stressed that “the U.S. and the Zionist regime have always wished for creation of chaos in Lebanon.”
Addressing a parliamentary session, Larijani also accused the two countries of trying “to sow discord among Muslim nations.”
On Tuesday, Israeli foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said the bombings in the Bir Hassan neighborhood of Beirut's southern suburbs were "an inhuman crime and spiteful act done by Zionists and their mercenaries.”
Israel is Iran's main regional arch-foe whose existence Tehran does not recognize.
The bombings were one of the deadliest in a series of attacks targeting Hizbullah and Shiite strongholds in Lebanon in recent months.
The blasts left scores of casualties. Among the dead was Ibrahim Ansari, a 54-year-old Iranian diplomat who took up his post a month ago and was overseeing regional cultural activities.
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