Tag: AMIA Memorandum of Understanding

• Thursday, January 11th 2018 - 07:02 UTC

  Timerman barred from flying to US; Argentine government will appeal decision on humanitarian reasons

  

  The United States barred former Argentine Minister of Foreign Relations Hector Timerman from entering the country because of several pending court cases. The Argentine government said it would appeal the decision, and request a new visa, since Mr. Timerman, who was under house arrest, was allowed by Federal Judge Sergio Torres to travel overseas for medical reasons.

• Friday, December 8th 2017 - 08:35 UTC

  Judge indicts Cristina Fernandez for treason and puts Timerman under house arrest

  

  A federal judge in Argentina indicted former President Cristina Fernandez for treason and asked for her arrest for allegedly covering up Iran’s possible role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people and injured hundreds, a court ruling said.

• Monday, December 28th 2015 - 07:14 UTC

  Argentina's MOU with Iran sponsored by Cristina Fernandez, dropped by Macri

  

  Argentina's divisive 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran was finally dropped became after Argentine Federal Judges Juan Carlos Gemignani and Angela Ledesma accepted a request filed by the president Mauricio Macri administration Justice Ministry to drop the Executive’s appeal to the Federal Cassation Court.

• 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.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2015 - 07:37 UTC

  Nisman's criminal case against President Cristina Fernandez was buried on Tuesday

  

  The criminal case against President Cristina Fernandez was closed Tuesday when federal judges from Cassation Court accepted a prosecutor’s decision not to pursue accusations that she had conspired to shield Iranians suspected of planning the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, May 4th 2015 - 05:56 UTC

  Argentina's Jewish community urges for Nisman's death inquiry to continue

  

  The president of Argentina's Jewish organization AMIA, president Leonardo Jmelnitzky urged for prosecutor Alberto Nisman´s suspicious death inquiry to continue, and pointed out that the institution is waiting for the confirmation of the unconstitutional nature of Iran´s Memorandum.

• Thursday, April 30th 2015 - 07:03 UTC

  Jewish organizations 'dismayed' by Timerman's 'threats and slanders'

  

  The Argentine-Israel Association, AMIA, expressed on Wednesday great dismay given the “strong threats” in the letter sent by Argentine Foreign minister Hector Timerman announcing he was quitting as member of the century old organization.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 01:58 UTC

  Nisman case leads to Timerman indeclinable resignation from Argentine Jewish organizations

  

  Argentine foreign minister Héctor Timerman submitted on Tuesday his “indeclinable” resignation as an affiliate of AMIA, the Argentine Israel organization that is at the center of an ongoing controversy since 1994, when it suffered Argentina's worst terrorist attack with the loss of 85 lives and over 300 injured in downtown Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 06:25 UTC

  Nisman's successor calls prosecutor who dismissed the case “a grave digger”

  

  Argentine prosecutor German Moldes has blasted the decision of colleague Javier de Luca to dismiss in the Court of Cassation (Appeals) the cover-up accusation filed by late AMIA lead investigator Alberto Nisman, accusing the official of trying to bury the investigation against President Cristina Fernandez.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 08:00 UTC

  Appeals court dismisses Nisman's case against President Cristina Fernandez

  

  A Court of Cassations (Appeals) prosecutor on Monday refused to take on the criminal complaint formulated by late AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, in which he accused Argentine President Cristina Fernández and other government officials of covering up the identities of those responsible for the deadly bombing at the Jewish community centre.