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ARGENTINE JUSTICE INDICTS 7 IRANIANS and 1 LEBANESE OVER THE 1994 JEWISH CENTER BOMBING
Argentine Judge Daniel Rafecas has formally processed eight suspects—seven Iranians and one Lebanese national—as authors of the July 18, 1994, bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people and wounded 151.
In a 648-page ruling, Rafecas applied Argentina’s new in-absentia trial law, allowing the case to proceed despite the fugitives remaining abroad, while preserving their right to official defense. He also imposed a $500 million asset freeze on each defendant.
The judge found that Iran’s leadership decided in August 1993 to carry out the attack and tasked Hezbollah with operations.
Rafecas classified the acts as aggravated homicide and injury motivated by racial or religious hatred, plus discriminatory damage, and treated the attack as a crime against humanity and genocide.
Four former Iranian officials—Ali Fallahijan (intelligence minister), Ali Velayati (foreign minister), Mohsen Rezai (Revolutionary Guard commander), and Ahmad Vahidi (Quds Force leader)—were named mediate authors who issued political and logistical orders.
Three others—ex-ambassador Hadi Soleimanpour, cultural attaché Mohsen Rabbani, and intelligence agent Ahmad Asghari—were indicted as necessary accomplices.
Lebanese Hezbollah member Salman Raouf Salman was identified as operational coordinator of the final phase.
If confirmed, the case can advance to public oral trial. A constitutional challenge to in-absentia proceedings remains pending before the Court of Cassation.