Al-Mustaqbal bloc demanded on Tuesday referring the bombings in the Beirut neighborhood of Bir Hassan to the Justice Council and identifying and trying the assailants behind it.

"We condemn and reject this horrifying crime,” the bloc said in a released statement after the MPs' weekly meeting at the Center House, slamming those behind it as “terrorists.”

A Syrian warplane fired a rocket on Tuesday on the border town of Arsal in the eastern mountain belt without causing any injuries.

"Syrian warplanes shelled the uninhabited Aqabat al- Mobayyideh region in Arsal,” MTV said.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned on Tuesday the terrorist bombing near the Iranian embassy in Beirut's Bir Hassan neighborhood.

He called on “all in Lebanon to recognize that such appalling and indiscriminate acts of violence target all in Lebanon.”

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun condemned on Tuesday the blasts that targeted the Bir Hassan blasts earlier on Tuesday, questioning the government's failure to convene to tackle this issue.

He said after the Change and Reform bloc's weekly meeting: “President Michel Suleiman and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati must call cabinet to session in order to address the latest developments.”

President Michel Suleiman contacted on Tuesday Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Ambassador Ghazanfar Rokn Abadi to condemn the blasts that targeted the Bir Hassan neighborhood in Beirut on Tuesday.

He said: “The terrorists must be uncovered, arrested, and brought to justice.”

Syria has strongly condemned a double bomb blast outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut on Tuesday that killed at least 23 people, official media reported.

"The Syrian government firmly condemns the terrorist attack carried out near the Iranian embassy in Beirut," state television said.

UK Foreign Minister William Hague condemned the twin bombings that erupted near the Iranian embassy in Beirut on Tuesday, offering his condolences to the families of the victims.

He said in a statement: “I strongly condemn the shocking terrorist attack on the Iranian embassy in southern Beirut that has led to such tragic loss of life.”

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly condemned on Tuesday the twin blasts that rocked Beirut's southern suburb of Bir Hassan.

He emphasized “the need for restraint as the authorities try to find those who are responsible for this criminal act and to bring them and those behind it to justice.”

Beirut Examining Magistrate Ghassan Owaidat issued on Tuesday an arrest warrant against Higher Relief Council chief Ibrahim Bashir over embezzlement charges.

Bashir has been charged along with his wife with embezzlement, smuggling and money laundering.

Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Rokn Abadi confirmed the death of Iranian cultural adviser Sheikh Ibrahim al-Ansari in the twin blasts near the Iranian embassy in Beirut on Tuesday.

He told al-Manar television that al-Ansari died from wounds he sustained in the attack.