{"id":120403,"date":"2025-04-11T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=120403"},"modified":"2025-04-10T11:39:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T09:39:01","slug":"10-00-109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=120403","title":{"rendered":"Argentina Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants for Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Over 1994 AMIA Bombing"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Argentina Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants for Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Over 1994 AMIA Bombing<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Ailin Vilches Arguello<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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People hold images of the victims of the 1994 bombing attack on the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) community center, marking the 25th anniversary of the atrocity in Buenos Aires. Photo: Reuters\/Agustin Marcarian.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The lead prosecutor in the case of the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community center in Buenos Aires has petitioned Argentina\u2019s federal court to issue national and international arrest warrants for Iran\u2019s so-called \u201csupreme leader,\u201d Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, over his alleged involvement in the deadly terrorist attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Sebasti\u00e1n Basso \u2014 who succeeded former prosecutor Alberto Nisman after his murder in 2015<\/a> \u2014 requested that federal Judge Daniel Rafecas summon the Iranian leader for questioning and issue an international arrest warrant through Interpol.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also ordered Argentina\u2019s federal security forces to arrest Khamenei if he enters Argentine territory.<\/span><\/p>\n

This latest legal move represents a significant shift from the country\u2019s past approach in the case, in which the Iranian leader was treated as enjoying diplomatic immunity. Basso claimed that \u201cthis approach does not align with international law,\u201d especially regarding crimes against humanity and acts of terrorism.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Argentinian local newspaper Clarin<\/em>, the lead prosecutor argued that Khamenei was directly involved in planning the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires \u2014 the deadliest terrorist attack in Argentina\u2019s history<\/a>, in which 85 people were killed and more than 300 wounded.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Iranian leader \u201cled the decision to carry out a bomb attack in Buenos Aires in July 1994 and issued executive order (fatwa) 39 to carry it out,\u201d Basso wrote in the resolution submitted to the court.<\/span><\/p>\n

Khamenei not only has the final word in Iranian state matters, according to Basso, but also \u201call of Iran\u2019s military and foreign policies are under his direct supervision.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is also undeniable that \u2026 Khamenei is the main supporter of groups with military capabilities, such as Hezbollah,\u201d the lead prosecutor said, referring to the Lebanese terrorist group and Iran\u2019s chief proxy force.<\/span><\/p>\n

He explained that Khamenei appointed Hezbollah\u2019s recently slain secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah<\/a>, as his representative in Lebanon.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2006, former prosecutor Nisman formally charged Iran for orchestrating the attack and Hezbollah for carrying it out. Nine years later, he accused former Argentine President Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner of attempting to cover up the crime and block efforts to extradite the suspects behind the AMIA atrocity in return for Iranian oil.<\/span><\/p>\n

The alleged cover-up was reportedly formalized through the memorandum of understanding signed in 2013 between Kirchner\u2019s government and Iranian authorities, with the stated goal of cooperating to investigate the AMIA bombing.<\/span><\/p>\n

In April 2024, Argentina\u2019s second-highest court ruled<\/a> that the 1994 attack in Buenos Aires was \u201corganized, planned, financed, and executed under the direction of the authorities of the Islamic State of Iran, within the framework of Islamic Jihad.\u201d The court also said that the bombing was carried out by Hezbollah terrorists responding to \u201ca political and strategic design\u201d by Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n

The court additionally ruled that Iran had been responsible for the 1992 truck bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, which killed 29 people.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, Judge Rafecas requested Interpol to arrest four Lebanese citizens as part of the AMIA bombing investigation, citing \u201ccredible evidence that the four collaborated with Hezbollah\u2019s military wing or acted as its operational agents.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the terrorist attacks in 1992 and 1994, diplomatic relations between Buenos Aires and Tehran have remained strained, with this latest move and Argentina\u2019s growing support for Israel<\/a> under current President Javier Milei further intensifying tensions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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