Tag: AMIA Memorandum of Understanding

• Monday, January 19th 2015 - 06:45 UTC

  Found dead prosecutor who denounced Argentina president for covering up Iran

  

  The body of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found in the bathroom of his apartment in the Buenos Aires City neighbourhood of Puerto Madero late on Sunday.

• Saturday, January 17th 2015 - 09:20 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez first twit reaction to 'Iran plot' claim; Nisman to Congress next week

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández made her first public statement since AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman accused her of allegedly covering up Iran’s role in the 1994 attack that left 85 dead and 300 injured. Nisman is scheduled to visit congress next week invited by opposition lawmakers to reveal further details of the alleged plot.

• Friday, January 16th 2015 - 07:10 UTC

  Timerman accuses Nisman of 'investigating the president clandestinely'

  

  Argentina's government called a leading prosecutor a 'despicable liar' on Thursday for accusing President Cristina Fernandez of secretly negotiating with Iran to avoid punishing those responsible for the country's worst terrorist attack, and insisted the whole thing was a 'media show'.

• Friday, January 16th 2015 - 06:54 UTC

  Prosecutor Nisman confirms case against Cristina Fernandez and reveals further evidence

  

  Argentina's AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman confirmed his complaint against President Cristina Fernandez and several other officials over an alleged “criminal deal of impunity” with Iran and explained the role of every one of those he accused for “covering up” Teheran’s involvement in the attack against the Jewish centre in 1994 in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, July 19th 2014 - 08:00 UTC

  Argentine Jewish community lash out at the government over 1994 attack

  

  Thomas Saieg, the vice president of the Argentine AMIA Jewish community centre, the target of a terrorist attack which left 85 people killed back on 18 July 1994, demanded on Friday “a new trial as soon as possible to know what happened.”

• Friday, May 16th 2014 - 09:16 UTC

  Setback for Cristina: federal court declares Iran/Argentina memorandum unconstitutional

  

  An Argentine Federal court on Thursday struck down the memorandum of understanding between Argentina and Iran to jointly investigate the deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center that local courts blamed on Teheran.

• Monday, November 25th 2013 - 07:58 UTC

  Argentina reveals further negotiations with Iran on the AMIA bombing case

  

  Argentina expressed support for the agreement reached on Sunday in Genève by the world powers regarding Iran's nuclear program and also revealed it has been holding a round of talks in Teheran to advance with the implementation of the AMIA Memorandum of Understanding.