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Argentine ex-prosecutor charged with cover-up in 2015 death of AMIA bombing investigator

Thu, 21 May 2026 20:50:53 +0000

Viviana Fein allegedly failed to preserve evidence at apartment of Alberto Nisman, who was found shot hours before testimony on president's cover-up of Iran's role in 1994 massacre

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Argentina fumes after Iranian AMIA bomb suspect spotted at Nicaragua ceremony

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:58:04 +0000

Mohsen Rezaei, one of five Iranians accused of being behind deadly 1994 bombing, attends Managua swearing-in for president Daniel Ortega, accused of rampant human rights violations

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Argentina court drops Jewish center bombing cover-up claim against ex-president

Fri, 08 Oct 2021 07:39:46 +0000

Court dismisses late prosecutor Nisman's claim against now VP Fernández de Kirchner, says Argentina-Iran deal for probe into 1994 AMIA terror attack 'did not constitute a crime'

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On anniversary of 1994 AMIA bombing, Argentina’s VP decries trial against her

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 07:06:45 +0000

While Jewish community holds commemoration, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says accusations that she covered up Iran's role in attack are a 'monumental scandal'

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AMIA bombing suspect acquitted in historic trial, sparking outrage

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 03:43:07 +0000

Argentine Jewish groups say they will appeal verdict clearing defendant, in 2nd trial, over 1994 terror attack on Buenos Aires Jewish center that killed 85

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Argentine president tells Jewish leaders he wants results in AMIA bombing trial

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 10:57:16 +0000

A drawn-out legal case after the 1994 terror attack has been riddled by corruption charges, including against the now-vice president, and the alleged murder of a Jewish prosecutor

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Ex-Mossad man reveals role in events that led to death of AMIA prosecutor Nisman

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:26:31 +0000

TV says it was Mossad that tied Iran to Buenos Aires Jewish HQ terror attack; ex-agent says he gave Nisman material allegedly incriminating Kirchner in cover-up, with fatal result

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Argentine anti-corruption judge, nemesis of former president Kirchner, dies

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 07:04:18 +0000

Claudio Bonadio was first to preside over case by late public prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who accused Cristina Kirchner of covering up Iran's involvement in bombing of Jewish center

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Netanyahu congratulates Argentine PM for investigation of AMIA bombing

Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:37:18 +0000

PM lauds Alberto Fernandez's 'persistence in discovering the truth' of deadly terror attack; his deputy, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, is accused of a cover up in the case

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Argentines rally to remember prosecutor killed while probing AMIA attack

Sun, 19 Jan 2020 07:28:14 +0000

Some 3,000 attend demonstration in Buenos Aires; Nisman led the investigation into presidential cover-up of 1994 bombing of Jewish community center that left 85 dead, 300 wounded

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Netflix docuseries revives debate over Argentine prosecutor’s death

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:21:12 +0000

'The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy' examines still unsolved death of Alberto Nisman after he accused then-president Kirchner of cover-up in 1994 bombing of Jewish center

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Iranian accused in AMIA attack floats conspiracy theories on prosecutor’s murder

Fri, 10 Jan 2020 21:42:09 +0000

Moshen Rabbani again denies orchestrating 1994 Jewish center bombing in Argentina that left 85 dead, puts forward different claims concerning Alberto Nisman's death

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Argentine president says ‘no proof’ AMIA prosecutor Nisman was murdered

Thu, 02 Jan 2020 23:12:15 +0000

Alberto Hernandez, who is allied with Cristina Kirchner, also says he doubts investigator probing bombing of Jewish center killed himself after accusing former leader of cover up

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Netflix streams docuseries on murder of Jewish Argentine prosecutor

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 13:12:19 +0000

Alberto Nisman was killed in 2015 while pursuing senior Argentine officials whom he alleged conspired to cover up Iran's role in 1994 AMIA bombing

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Peronist challenger Fernandez wins Argentine presidential election

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 03:17:51 +0000

Victory caps remarkable political comeback for his running mate, ex-president Cristina Kirchner, who is accused of corruption, obstructing probe into AMIA Jewish center bombing

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