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Teheran reiterates to Argentina it won’t turn in suspected Iranian officials
The former Jewish centre in downtown Buenos Aires was levelled down by a terrorist attack Iran has rejected an Argentine proposal to nominate a third country to host a trial of Iranian officials accused by Buenos Aires of masterminding a Jewish centre bombing that killed 85 people.
Argentina is seeking the arrest of senior government officials over the 1994 attack, in which a truck laden with explosives levelled the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) building. Iran has repeatedly denied any links to the attack.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, addressing the United Nations General Assembly last month, suggested Tehran should choose a third country “by common agreement ... where due process is guaranteed.”
In a letter to the General Assembly dated Sept. 28, Tehran's permanent representative to the United Nations rejected Mrs Kirchner's proposal, saying “any request for judicial cooperation is untenable.”
The letter, published by Argentine media on Monday, said “the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has made sure no Iranian citizen was involved, directly or indirectly, in the AMIA explosion.”
Prosecutor Alberto Nisman said in an interview this month Mrs Kirchner’s proposal to stage a trial on neutral ground could help advance the deadlocked case and put pressure on Tehran to respond.
Iran's Defence minister, Ahmad Vahidi, is among the officials accused by Argentine prosecutors of being behind the bombing, as well as five other Iranians and a Lebanese accused of planning and carrying out the bombing of the AMIA.
Tehran is also suspected to be behind an attack on the Israeli embassy in the Argentine capital in 1992 in which 29 people died.
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Read all commentsI support Iran's decision. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is allied to the Zionists. President Ahmadinejad tells the truth.
Oct 19th, 2010 - 05:26 pm 0good on IRAN , and Argentina refuses to return a criminal to Chile, but wants Iran to do just that, hypocrites to the bone
Oct 19th, 2010 - 08:06 pm 0Briton,
Oct 19th, 2010 - 09:24 pm 0Apablaza´s was just a presidential decision, and Kirchner do have the legal right to deny the extradition. From my point of view, a huge mistake for distrusting Chilean Judges and for the Iranian probable response.
General Attorney Righi (kirchnerist) and mainly the Supreme Court recommended the extradition. The same was asserted from most voted political leaders.
You should understand this controversial decisions, you went to invade Irak by deeper mistakes from Ol´ Tony.
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