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Iran has 'blood on its hands' over 1994 Argentina blast

July 17, 2012 16:34

ByAnonymous, Anonymous

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Wednesday marks the 18th anniversary of the fatal bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Eighty-five people were killed by the blast with hundreds wounded.

Investigators have linked Iran to the attack, a fact highlighted by Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress and Jack Terpins, president of the Latin America Jewish Congress (LAJC). Mr Terpins said it was "irritating and completely unacceptable to the international Jewish community" that the architects of the terrorist attack had escaped punishment.

Mr Lauder echoed these claims and declared: "The Iranian regime has blood on its hands, not only by suppressing dissent at home but also by sponsoring terrorism world-wide. What the world saw 18 years ago in Buenos Aires it can still see today, be it in Syria, in Lebanon or in other places."

The calls for Iran to be held responsible for its actions follow last year's implementation by the Argentinian Senate of new laws to tackle terrorism in the country, in addition to allegations that Argentina's foreign minister agreed to abandon the investigation into Iran's role, in return for favourable trade links. However, despite the Iranian government and terrorist organisation Hizbollah being charged over the attack in 2006, no-one has ever been convicted.