Argentina issues arrest warrants for Iranians involved in bombings

Reuters/Ynet:

An Argentine judge ordered international arrest warrants on Thursday for former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and eight others over the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center.

The order by federal Judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral came some two weeks after Argentine prosecutors formally accused the Iranian government of masterminding the attack that killed 85 people and wounded more than 200.

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Several former Rafsanjani aides were also being sought including former Intelligence Minister Ali Fallahian, former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati and former Commander of the Revolutionary Guard Mohsen Reza, plus three other former officials from the Iranian embassy in Buenos Aires at the time of the bombing.

A former Hizbullah foreign security chief was also wanted by Argentine authorities for questioning.

Rafsanjani was Iran's president from 1989 to 1997 and remains a powerful figure, having held most of the country's top political positions, including speaker of the parliament and armed forces commander.

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Iran is unlikely to extradite the accused. It will however hamper their ability to travel outside the country. It also draws attention to Iran's state sponsorship of terrorism at a very inconvenient time for Iran with its attempts to justify building nukes. Good for Argentina.