Following a pager explosion in Lebanon that killed a number of folks and injured hundreds, Tehran’s embassy in Beirut has denied rumors in regards to the well being of Iranian envoy Mojtaba Amani.
The assertion from the Iranian embassy in Lebanon got here after The New York Times reported that yesterday’s pager explosion left Amani with no imaginative and prescient in a single eye and significantly injured the opposite.
“The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Lebanon wish to inform our pricey compatriots and the media that the remedy of revered Ambassador Amani is progressing nicely and that the rumors concerning his bodily situation and eyesight are false,” the diplomatic mission wrote on Wednesday.
Hundreds of pagers exploded concurrently throughout Lebanon on Tuesday, killing no less than 9 folks and wounding greater than 2,800 in an apparently coordinated assault, the well being minister mentioned.
Firas Abiad mentioned a communications gadget exploded on Tuesday, leaving greater than 200 folks in vital situation.
He added that greater than 150 hospitals had been treating victims, whose accidents had been primarily to the face, fingers and stomach.
Amani was amongst these injured. Amani’s spouse visited X on Tuesday and confirmed the ambassador’s accidents however mentioned he was in steady situation. The ambassador suffered minor accidents and is presently underneath statement in hospital. Two Iranian embassy employees members had been additionally injured.