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Quote:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-19/bl...ut/5103472Blasts near Iranian embassy in Lebanon capital Beirut kill at least 23
Updated 32 minutes ago
PHOTO: Soldiers, policemen and medical personnel gather at the site of explosions near the Iranian embassy in Beirut.(Reuters: Hasan Shaaban)
Two explosions targeting the Iranian embassy have hit the Lebanese capital Beirut, killing at least 23 people including an Iranian diplomat, Lebanese officials have said.
Buildings in the embassy compound were damaged by the blast which Lebanon's health minister Ali Hassan Khalil said also wounded 146 people.
Cultural adviser Ibrahim Ansari was reportedly entering the embassy as the blasts took place and died of his wounds at a Beirut hospital.
Live footage from local news channels showed charred bodies on the ground as flames rose from the remains of several vehicles.
Aid workers and residents carried away some of the victims on blankets.
It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts.
A security source said the blasts were caused by two rockets fired on the area, in the southern part of the city, but a second security source said there was a car bomb explosion.
Lebanon has seen several explosions and street clashes in Beirut and the northern city of Tripoli linked to the two-and-a-half-year conflict in neighbouring Syria.
There was no word on who was behind the blasts, but Syrian rebels have threatened to target president Bashar al-Assad's allies in neighbouring Lebanon.
Shiite Iran has been bank-rolling Assad's fight against the mainly Sunni rebels and has given military support.
It also supports the Shiite Muslim guerrilla group Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Southern Beirut is known as a Hezbollah stronghold and has been rocked with at least three other explosions this year.
Mentions Iran bankrolling Assad but doesn't mention who is bank rolling the 'rebels'
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