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Iran 'will help' bomb probe

July 21, 2011 13:29
Members of the Argentine Jewish community commemorate the bombing with pictures of its victims

By

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 blast at the Jewish-Argentine Mutual Association (AMIA) centre, which destroyed the seven-floor building, leaving 85 dead and 300 injured.

Six influential Iranians, including former Iranian President Ali Rafsanjani and Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi, were placed on Interpol's most wanted list in 2007 for suspected involvement in the bombing on July 18, 1994.

Vahidi has been accused by Argentinian investigators of being the mastermind behind the atrocity and collaborating with Hizbollah.

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