Netanyahu comments on Thai, India blasts

Iran’s “terrorist activities” have been exposed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday after a spate of blasts in India and Thailand sparked a dramatic rise in tension between the arch-foes.

Israel has blamed Iran for two bombs targeting its diplomats in India and Georgia on Monday, as well as for a series of botched explosions in Bangkok on Tuesday that Thai intelligence officials said were aimed at top Israeli diplomats.

Iranian officials have denied any involvement in the blasts, one of which badly wounded an Israeli woman in New Delhi.

Thailand yesterday charged two Iranians in connection with the Bangkok blasts, one of whom had his legs blown off when he tried to hurl a bomb at police.

“At this time, Iran’s terrorist activities have been exposed to everyone,” Mr Netanyahu said, accusing Tehran of “harming innocent diplomats across the world.”

“Nations of the world must condemn these incidents and draw red lines against this Iranian aggression,” he warned.