Iran calls pager explosions in Lebanon 'terrorist act,' blames Israel

Lebanese army soldiers secure the area for an ambulance to enter the premises of the American University hospital. Eight people have been killed and some 2,750 injured in suspected coordinated explosions of hand-held telecommunications devices across Lebanon, Health Minister Firas Abiad said during a press conference in Beirut on 17 September. Marwan Naamani/dpa Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned the allegedly coordinated explosions of hundreds of pagers in Lebanon on Tuesday, calling it a "terrorist act" and blaming Israel. In a conversation with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib, Iran's...