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Argentina court blames Iran for 1990s attacks against Israeli targets

Argentina court blames Iran for 1990s attacks against Israeli targets

A man walks over the rubble left after a bomb exploded at the Argentinian Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA in Spanish) in Buenos Aires, 18 July 1994. (Credit: Ali Burafi/AFP)

An Argentine court on Thursday said Iran had ordered the deadly 1992 attack on Israel's embassy in Buenos Aires and the 1994 attack on the Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) Jewish center, local media reported. 

The ruling also implicated the Shiite movement Hezbollah, declared Iran a "terrorist state" and called the attack against the AMIA – the deadliest in Argentina's history – a "crime against humanity," according to court documents cited by media reports.


An Argentine court on Thursday said Iran had ordered the deadly 1992 attack on Israel's embassy in Buenos Aires and the 1994 attack on the Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) Jewish center, local media reported. 

The ruling also implicated the Shiite movement Hezbollah, declared Iran a "terrorist state" and called the attack against the...