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Timerman rejects Iran cover-up claims and again supports the MoU signed with Teheran

Timerman considered prosecutor Nisman’s report was “really made up” in order to “attack the president, myself and (lawmaker Andres) Larroque.”

Argentina's Foreign Minister Hector Timerman has rejected the cover-up accusations made by Alberto Nisman before the AMIA special prosecutor was found dead in his Buenos Aires City apartment more than two months ago under unclear circumstances.

 “I am waiting for the ruling of the court with all the interest that this matter has for me, a false accusation that was done against me, the President (Cristina Fernandez) and other people for something that never existed and there are no evidences of,” Timerman said in statements to media on Wednesday.

“He invents dialogues in which I did not take part, puts in my mouth statements I did not make, put in me actions I never carried out,” the minister underlined considering Nisman’s report has been “really made up” in order to “attack the president, myself and (lawmaker Andres) Larroque.”

According to Timerman, the prosecutor who took over the cover-up case after Nisman’s death, Gerardo Pollicita, “has nothing” but that “if he has proofs, I will go to trial and defend myself.”

“It is the justice that has to find the guilty, not the innocent who has to defend himself.”

About the Memorandum of Understanding he signed with his Iranian counterpart as part of a joint move by Buenos Aires and Teheran to probe the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center that took place on July 18, 1994, Timerman said the agreement is the “most important progress” made over the past 20 years since the attack that claimed the lives of 85 people and injured over 200.

“I think it is the most important progress we have had in 20 years. If not, we will continue to make events every July 18 and nothing more. Active policies must be carried out. Maybe many prefer to continue making rallies and giving speeches and have nothing resolved.”