Iran on Saturday condemned a car bombing in Beirut that killed eight people, including a top Lebanese security official, claiming Israel was behind the assassination. "The terrorist blast which was carried out by those who aim to create division between different Lebanese groups that never serves the
interests of Lebanon," spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said in a statement on the foreign ministry website.

"Undoubtedly, the main enemy of the Lebanese people and the region is the Zionist regime which benefits from instability and lack of security in the region," he added.