Here's what the government of Thailand has to say on the triple blasts in Bangkok yesterday.

The Defence Minister said they should not be construed as terror attacks, while another official has linked them to global political tensions, even as Israel and Iran traded blames over the incident. Thai police arrested two Iranian men after the dramatic unfoldings in central Bangkok yesterday, when a bomb possibly being assembled by three Iranians went off in a house. 

"Yesterday's incident was caused by current international tensions in world politics," National Security Council Secretary General Wichean Potephosree told a news conference.

"It's happening not only in Thailand but also elsewhere,"he said as Israel accused Iran of attacking its targets following attacks in Georgian and Indian capitals. 

Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat, meanwhile said in his view, "the bad men were trying to assemble bombs which led to the explosions".  

While two Iranians fled the scene, a third named Saeid Moradi, had his legs blown away when he tried to throw a grenade at police that fell on ground and backfired on him. The police took Moradi to hospital while another Iranianwas arrested at the airport as he was trying to flee to Malaysia. The third is still at large.