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Argentine judge charges 7 Iranians, 1 Lebanese over 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:34:04 +0000

Iranian defendants held high-ranking government positions, while Lebanese suspect was Hezbollah member; the charges, made in absentia, may lead to trial over attack that killed 85

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Argentina votes in midterm elections set to test Milei’s mandate, US support

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 20:10:40 +0000

Argentine president, a staunch Israel supporter who has floated converting to Judaism, faces challenge in vote focused on kitchen table concerns

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Argentinian VP Cristina Fernández sentenced to 6 years in prison for fraud

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 22:27:27 +0000

Former president found guilty for scheme that embezzled $1b through public works projects while she led country, vows to appeal

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Argentina asks Qatar to arrest Iran official for alleged role in 1994 AMIA bombing

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 02:50:05 +0000

Judge seeks former Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezaei's arrest for 'proven participation' in planning attack on Jewish center that killed 85 and wounded hundreds

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Man with Nazi tattoo, girlfriend charged for attempted assassination of Argentine VP

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 09:16:25 +0000

Judge says suspects focused on crowds that gather nightly outside Cristina Kirchner's house 'to choose the right time for the attack,' though motive yet to be established

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Police detain partner of suspect in attempt to assassinate Argentine VP

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:04:10 +0000

Authorities working to determine if woman played a role, after Nazi-tattooed man tried to shoot Fernández

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Man who attempted to assassinate Argentine vice president has Nazi tattoo

Sat, 03 Sep 2022 01:25:44 +0000

Identified as Fernando Andre Sabag Montiel, suspect sports a 'black sun' symbol that has been used by white supremacist mass shooters

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Man holds gun to head of Argentine VP in apparent failed assassination attempt

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 04:51:40 +0000

Incident comes at culmination of politically powerful Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's corruption case; president calls it 'most serious incident since we recovered democracy'

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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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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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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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