The injured included the bomber himself who blew off his own legs in the process of throwing a bomb at Thai police that went awry.
The blast took place near a house in the Ekamai area in central Bangkok, which was believed to have been rented for a month by three Iranians.
Three Iranians are said to be behind the triple attacks, out of which two have been held. The second Iranian was arrested at Bangkok's international airport as he was trying to leave Thailand for Malaysia and the hunt for the third one is still on.
The injured bomber was admitted to Bangkok's Chulalongkorn Hospital for emergency treatment, an official at the hospital said.
The man in question was identified as an Iranian national, named Saeid Moradi as the police recovered an Iranian passport from him.
Thai government has asked the Iranian authorities to confirm his nationality.
"We discovered the injured man's passport. It's an Iranian passport and he entered the country through Phuket and arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport on the 8th of this month," Police General Bansiri Prapapat said.
Surveillance video from after that blast showed separate images of each of the suspects walking down the middle of a residential street. One man wearing a baseball cap and a dark jacket carried a large backpack over one shoulder and what appeared to be two portable transistor radios — one in each hand.
A second suspect wearing sunglasses, a T-shirt, pants and tennis shoes also carried a backpack. The third, dressed in camouflage shorts, carried nothing.
Meanwhile,Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra called on people "not to panic" and said the situation was under control.
Three Thai men and one Thai woman wounded in the explosions were taken to Kluaynamthai Hospital, said Dr. Suwinai Busarakamwong.
Local media said traffic had been halted while authorities investigated.
"The police have control of the situation. It is thought that the suspect might be storing more explosives inside his house," government spokeswoman Thitima Chaisaeng told reporters.
The triple explosions come just a day after two bomb attacks targeted Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia. Israel has accused Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah of orchestrating the attacks. Iran denied the allegations.
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