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Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Iran’s Lebanon ambassador injured in pager explosion said to be in good condition
Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel
Mojtaba Amani, the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon who was injured in the explosion of a pager this afternoon, is in “good general condition” and his injuries are only superficial, the Saudi-owned Alhadath news channel reports, quoting Tehran’s embassy in Beirut.
Amani is fully conscious, according to Iranian media sources quoted by Alhadath.