Two suspects in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires are
candidates in Iran’s presidential election. Mohsen Rezai and Ali Akbar Velayati,
who are believed to have planned the 1994 attack, were among the eight
candidates approved Tuesday for the June 14 election by Iran’s Guardian Council
to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Rezai is under an international arrest warrant, or red
notice, from the Interpol international police agency. Argentina has accused the
Iranian government of directing the bombing, which killed 85 and wounded 300,
and the Lebanon-based terror group Hizbullah of carrying it out. No arrests have
been made in the case.
Six Iranians have been on Interpol’s most wanted list
since 2007 in connection with the bombing, including Iran’s current defense
minister, Gen. Ahmed Vahidi. (Ha’aretz)
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