Tag: Hezbollah

• Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 05:32 UTC

  Argentine president accused of 'covering up' Iran's role in Buenos Aires deadly attack

  

  An Argentine federal special prosecutor on Wednesday accused President Cristina Fernandez of seeking to cover up the involvement of Iran in a 1994 terrorist attack on a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires that claimed 85 lives and 300 injured.

• Tuesday, August 5th 2014 - 07:03 UTC

  Iran officials admit supplying missile technology to Hamas to wipe out Israel

  

  Two senior Iranian officials told an Arabic-language television channel on Monday that Tehran has supplied missile technology to Hamas for its fight against Israel. Revolutionary Guard commander Mohammad Ali Jafari warned in an interview with the Arabic channel of Iran's state Al-Alam television that Palestinian resistance to Israeli aggression is “endless and growing.”

• Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 18:38 UTC

  Suriname president's son charged in US with providing support for terrorist groups

  

  The son of Suriname's president has been charged by the United States with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Dino Bouterse was allegedly paid millions of dollars to provide a base and weapons for Hezbollah fighters.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 07:29 UTC

  EU puts Hezbollah in terrorism blacklist; Lebanon fears impact in local politics

  

  The European Union agreed on Monday to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on its terrorism blacklist, a move driven by concerns over the Lebanese militant group's roles in a bus bombing in Bulgaria and the Syrian war.

• Friday, February 15th 2013 - 05:45 UTC

  Argentine Jewish community rejects point blank agreement with Iran; full Senate debate on 21 February

  

  The heads of the AMIA and DAIA Jewish umbrella organizations, Guillermo Borger and Julio Schlosser, strongly rejected the memorandum of understanding signed between Argentina and Iran in order to create a truth commission looking to investigate the 1994 terrorist attack that left over 80 people dead and dozens injured.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 06:55 UTC

  Argentina and Iran to discuss bombings in Buenos Aires in the nineties

  

  President Cristina Fernández announced that Argentina and Iran will meet to discuss the two bombings of Jewish targets in the 1990's, attacks in which Iran was accused by Argentine courts of playing a role.