Tag: Ali Akbar Velayati

• Friday, August 9th 2019 - 10:46 UTC

  Argentina has decided to freeze funds of seven Iranians, accused of a terrorist attack in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina has taken measures to freeze the funds of seven Iranians, including the International Relations Advisor of Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei, Ali Akbar Velayati, on charges of involvement in an attack on a Jews cultural centre.

• Thursday, May 21st 2015 - 06:56 UTC

  Iranian officers' interviews, allegedly linked to AMIA bombing, attract world media attention

  

  The interviews with former Iranian officials accused of the 1994 AMIA bombing of a Jewish organization in downtown Buenos Aires aired this week by Argentine news channel C5N were covered by a number of international media outlets.

• Wednesday, May 20th 2015 - 04:31 UTC

  Former Iranian officials deny any involvement in the 1994 AMIA attack in Buenos Aires

  

  Former Iranian foreign minister Alí Akbar Velayati accused Argentina of being under the influence of Zionism and the United States over the investigation into the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires which killed 85 and injured 300 and is considered the worst terrorist attack suffered by the country.

• Friday, May 24th 2013 - 06:46 UTC

  Two suspects of the Buenos Aires AMIA bombing, presidential candidate in Iran

  

  Two suspects in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish centre in Buenos Aires are candidates in Iran’s presidential election. Mohsen Rezai and Ali Akbar Velayati, who are believed to have planned the 1994 attack, were among the eight candidates approved for the June 14 election by Iran’s Guardian Council to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.