Argentina seeks arrest of Iran leaders for blast at Jewish center

AP/CNN:

Argentine prosecutors on Wednesday asked a federal judge to order the arrest of former Iranian president Hashemi Rafsanjani and seven others for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center that killed scores of people.

Prosecutor Alberto Nisman told a news conference that the decision to attack the center "was undertaken in 1993 by the highest authorities of the then-government of Iran."

He said the actual attack was entrusted to the Lebanon-based group Hezbollah.

The bombing of the Jewish cultural center was the worst terrorist attack on Argentine soil. Eighty-five people were killed and more than 200 others injured when an explosive-laden vehicle was driven near the building and detonated.

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They asked the judge to detain several other former Iranian officials, including a former intelligence chief, Ali Fallahijan, and former Foreign Minister Ali Ar Velayati.

They also said they were urging the judge to order the arrest of two former commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, two former Iranian diplomats and a former Hezbollah security chief for external affairs.

The prosecutors told the news conference they suspected that Hezbollah never undertook activities outside Lebanese territory "save under orders directly emanating from the regime in Tehran."

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The story does not mention whether Nasrallah was involved in the terorist attack. It is curious that it has taken so long for the charges to be brought, but apparently an earlier prosecution was stopped because of questions raised about a judge who was later removed. Iran has denied the accusations, but I have not seen any denunciation of the murders.

Update: Power Line has more on how the Iran connection was uncovered by Israeli intelligence.

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