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Iran offer help with Buenos Aires bomb probe

July 18, 2011 09:29
More than 80 people died in the AMIA blast

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

Iran has offered to aid the investigation into the deadly bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish centre, 17 years after the attack.

Argentinian prosecutors have long implicated Iran in the AMIA blast, which left 85 people dead and 300 people with injuries. But although six Iranians are on Interpol's most wanted list for suspected involvement, no arrests have been made.

In a statement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said it would co-operate with the investigation in order to "shed all possible light" on what happened. However it continued to deny being behind the attack.

The Argentinian Foreign Minister, Hector Timerman, said that if the help did materialise it would represent an "unprecedented and very positive advance from the Iranian authorities".

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