Iran

[Schneemann]

Argentina passes deal with Iran to probe Amia bombing

Argentine legislators have approved an agreement with Iran to set up an international truth commission to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires. Argentine courts have blamed Iran for the attack, which killed 85 people. [...]

Opposition legislator Ricardo Gil Lavedra said co-operating with Iran was a mistake. "The bombing is being debated with the Iranian government, which ordered it," he said. [...] President of the Foreign Relations Committee Guillermo Carmona defended the agreement, saying that it was the only way to make it possible for Argentine legal officials to question Iranian suspects in Tehran. Among the suspects named by Argentine prosecutors when they made their case in 2007 is Iran's current Defence Minister, Gen Ahmed Vahidi.

At the time of the attack, Gen Vahidi was the commander of a special unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards...

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Dabei wird eh nichts rauskommen, weil selbst eine Befragung von Verdächtigen in Iran nichts verändern dürfte, weil die Gegenseite weiterhin nichts rauslassen wird, aber es ist wenigstens mal ein Versuch...

Schneemann.