On Tuesday, September 17, the state-run Kayhan newspaper wrote on its Telegram channel: “According to reports, contrary to claims that the injuries to Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon were superficial, his face and eyes have been seriously injured.”
Earlier, according to the Rouydad24 website, the editor of Mashregh news had written on the social media platform X that “the ambassador’s eye was severely damaged.”
Meanwhile, the state-run Tasnim news agency quoted “an informed source” stating that Mojtaba Amani-Hamedani was injured in the hand and face due to the explosion of a pager belonging to one of his bodyguards.
He described the overall condition of Iran’s regime ambassador in Beirut as “stable” and added that he is under medical treatment.
After the explosions of pagers in Lebanon, which mainly targeted members of Hezbollah, it was reported that Mojtaba Amani-Hamedani was also injured and transferred to a hospital in Beirut.
According to state media in Iran, images showed that he had been injured in both eyes, face, and hands.
Meanwhile, The New York Times, citing a person described as “a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),” wrote that pagers distributed by Hezbollah emitted a sound a few seconds before the explosion, causing users to hold them close to their eyes and faces to read the messages.
He said the pager belonging to the Iranian regime’s ambassador in Beirut emitted a sound a few seconds before he picked it up.
According to this report, the ambassador has lost one eye, and his other eye has been severely injured due to the explosion.
Thousands of pager devices exploded simultaneously on Tuesday, September 17, in various regions of Lebanon, particularly in southern Beirut and southern Lebanon—two Hezbollah strongholds. These explosions resulted in at least nine deaths and around 3,000 injuries to different parts of the body.
According to reports, the condition of 200 of the injured is described as “critical.”
Many of the dead and injured were members of Hezbollah, a militia group supported by Iran’s regime.
Lebanese officials, along with Hezbollah, Hamas, and their backer—Iran’s regime—have pointed the finger at Israel. However, Israel has not yet claimed responsibility for these explosions.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, following the explosion of thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon, the United States urged Iran’s regime to refrain from actions that lead to “further instability” and “increased tensions.”
