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BEIRUT: Western officials joined Lebanese leaders Tuesday in condemning the two deadly suicide bombings that targeted the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, with …

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BBC news, At least 22 people have been killed and more than 140 injured in a double suicide bombing outside the Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

The anti-Hezbollah group Abdullah Azzam Brigades said it was behind the attack. The head of the al-Qaeda-linked group described the attack as a "double martyrdom operation carried out by two heroes from the heroic Sunnis of Lebanon". The Syrian conflict has increased sectarian tensions in Lebanon.

Lebanese Sunni Muslim fighters have joined forces with the mainly Sunni rebels in Syria. Some of the rebel groups are affiliated with al-Qaeda.

Shia Muslim Iran is a major backer of Hezbollah, as well as Mr Assad's government.= Mr Assad comes from the Alawite sect, a heterodox offshoot of Shia Islam.

The BBC's Paul Wood, in Beirut, says the number of people killed in Tuesday's attack makes it one of the worst in Shia southern Beirut since the war across the border in Syria began. But more significantly, he says, it is the first attack on an Iranian target.

Burning cars Lebanese officials said the first suicide attacker was on a motorcycle, while the second was in a four-wheel drive vehicle.

TV images showed burning cars, bodies on the street and damaged buildings. The Iranian ambassador in Beirut had earlier confirmed cultural attache Ebrahim Ansari's death to Hezbollah's al-Manar TV, saying it was not clear if he had been in the embassy itself or one of the residential buildings nearby.

However, the Iranian foreign ministry now says he is alive.

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