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Bolivia hosts Iranian wanted by Argentina

June 1, 2011 09:58
Ahmad Vahidi

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

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Bolivia's foreign minister has issued an apology to Argentina after inviting a wanted Iranian terror suspect to an official ceremony.

David Choquehuanca offered his "deepest apologies" to his Argentine counterpart Hector Timerman for hosting Iran's defence minister at an event on Tuesday.

Ahmad Vahidi is believed to be the mastermind of the deadly 1994 bombing of the Buenos Aires Jewish-Argentine Mutual Association.

Eighty-five people died in the blast, which reduced the seven-floor building to a pile of rubble.

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