Iran Official Confesses to Involvement in Deadly Terror Bombing Targeting US Military: Report

The representative of Iran's Supreme Leader in Lebanon, Sayyed Issa Tabatabai, publicly admitted Iran's role in the 1983 bombings in Beirut that killed 241 US military members. In an interview with the state-controlled Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Tabatabai acknowledged providing support for martyrdom operations against Americans and Israelis. The interview was later scrubbed from IRNA's website. Iran and its ally Hezbollah have long been blamed for the bombings. The revelation could lead to new lawsuits against Iran's regime, and experts suggest that the confession indicates divisions within the Iranian leadership. The US State Department has classified Iran as the worst international state sponsor of terrorism.