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Iran charged over Argentina bomb | Iran charged over Argentina bomb |
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The Iranian government and Lebanese militia group Hezbollah have been formally charged over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires. | |
Argentine prosecutors are calling for the arrest of former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani and seven others. | |
Chief prosecutor Alberto Nisman accused the Iranian authorities of directing Hezbollah to carry out the attack. | |
Hezbollah and Iran both deny that they were involved in the blast, which killed 85 and wounded 300. | |
The blast, on 18 July 1994, reduced the seven-storey Jewish-Argentine Mutual Association (AMIA) community centre in Buenos Aires to rubble. | |
Nobody has ever been convicted of the attack, but the current government has said it is determined to secure justice. | Nobody has ever been convicted of the attack, but the current government has said it is determined to secure justice. |
'Hallmarks' | 'Hallmarks' |
Over the years, the case has been marked by rumours of cover-ups and accusations of incompetence, but little in the way of hard evidence. | Over the years, the case has been marked by rumours of cover-ups and accusations of incompetence, but little in the way of hard evidence. |
Minor figures, including a policeman who sold the van used in the attack, have been named, but no-one has been convicted. | Minor figures, including a policeman who sold the van used in the attack, have been named, but no-one has been convicted. |
Local Jewish groups have long said the bombing bore the hallmarks of Iranian-backed Islamic militants. | Local Jewish groups have long said the bombing bore the hallmarks of Iranian-backed Islamic militants. |
Iran has repeatedly and vehemently denied any involvement in the attack. | Iran has repeatedly and vehemently denied any involvement in the attack. |
Last November, an Argentine prosecutor said a member of Hezbollah was behind the attack and had been identified in a joint operation by Argentine intelligence and the FBI. | |
But Hezbollah said that the man, Ibrahim Hussein Berro, had died in southern Lebanon while fighting Israel. | But Hezbollah said that the man, Ibrahim Hussein Berro, had died in southern Lebanon while fighting Israel. |
The 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, which killed 29 people, also remains unsolved. | The 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, which killed 29 people, also remains unsolved. |
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