Twin blasts hit Iran Beirut embassy

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. There are conflicting reports as to whether the Iranian cultural attache survived the attack. Iran is a major backer of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah, which has sent fighters to Syria to back the government of Bashar al-Assad. A jihadist group linked to al-Qaeda said it carried out the attack. Lebanese officials said the first suicide attacker was on a motorcycle, while the second was in a four-wheel drive vehicle.