Iran Says Dahieh Blast a Plot by Israel and 'Its Allies in the Region'
Iran has strongly condemned the bombing that targeted the Beirut southern suburb of Bir al-Abed on Tuesday.
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi said the move was an “ominous conspiracy” plotted by “the Israeli regime and its allies in the region,” in remarks carried by the website of Iran's English-language Press TV.
He expressed hope that the Lebanese authorities would “identify the perpetrators of the terrorist act to prevent those who seek to provoke insecurity and instability and cause sectarian strife in the country from achieving their goals.”
“Such terrorist measures will fail to deter the resistance movement and Lebanese people from ... fighting against the occupying regime (of Israel),” the Iranian spokesperson pointed out.
Earlier on Tuesday, a booby-trapped car exploded at a parking lot in the Beirut southern suburb of Bir al-Abed, a stronghold of Iran's ally Hizbullah, wounding 53 people and causing extensive material damage.
Some Syrian rebel groups have threatened to strike in Lebanon after Hizbullah joined Syrian President Bashar Assad's troops in their battle against opposition fighters.
In May, two rockets slammed into the Beirut southern suburb of Shiyyah, wounding four people.
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