The Palestinian leadership issued on Sunday a statement in which it slammed the involvement of a Palestinian national in the Iranian embassy twin blasts.
"The participation of a Palestinian national in this crime is considered a personal and isolated act that has nothing to do with us," the statement added.
The Palestinian leadership also noted that the blasts "serve the interests of enemies of the Palestinian cause".
The statement concluded by reiterating its support to the Lebanese state and people in addressing the "terrorist groups that do not differentiate between religions or countries."
A double suicide attack targeted on Tuesday, November 19 the Iranian embassy in south Beirut’s Bir Hassan region, killing at least 23 people, wounding 146 and damaging buildings in the embassy compound.
Live footage from local news channels showed charred bodies on the ground as flames rose from the remains of several vehicles. Aid workers and residents carried away some of the victims on blankets.
Caretaker Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil stated that the Cultural Attaché of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sheikh Ibrahim Ansari was killed in the blasts. Ansari took his post in Lebanon a month ago and was overseeing all regional cultural activities.
The Abdullah Azzam brigades, a Lebanon-based al-Qaeda affiliate, said it was behind a double suicide attack on the Iranian embassy.