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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, greets Argentina's President Javier Milei in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
April 18, 2026, 12:22 am
Argentina’s Milei to arrive in Israel on Sunday, his third trip in last three years
South American leader, who has touted Israel as a ‘strategic ally’ and taken a hawkish stance toward Iran, will meet with Netanyahu at Western Wall during visit
By AFP
People walk past the Iranian embassy in Buenos Aires on June 20, 2025. (Luis ROBAYO / AFP)
April 2, 2026, 10:58 pm
Argentina declares Iranian envoy persona non grata, gives him 48 hours to leave
Expulsion of Mohsen Tehrani follows Iran’s ‘offensive’ response to IRGC terrorist designation, failure to cooperate with probe of 1994 Jewish community bombing, Argentina says
By Cecilia Lazzaro Blasbalg and Agencies
Names of those killed in the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish center, which left 85 dead and 300 injured, mark the front of the AMIA Center in Argentina. (Juan Melamed)
April 2, 2026, 8:48 am
Argentina declares IRGC a terrorist organization amid probes into embassy, AMIA bombings
Announcement by Milei comes after his office designated the IRGC’s Quds Force a terror group in January; Israel hails move’s ‘moral clarity’
By Juan Melamed
Argentine President Javier Milei addresses the World Jewish Congress prior to the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center that killed 85 people in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
July 18, 2024, 2:42 pm
Argentina’s Milei vows to pursue long-neglected justice for 1994 AMIA center bombing
On 30th anniversary of attack, blamed on Iran and Hezbollah, that killed 85 at Jewish center in Buenos Aires, president commits to boosting intel system so it can never recur
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Then-Iranian interior minister Ahmad Vahidi speaks during a press conference in Tehran on March 4, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
April 24, 2024, 11:38 am
Argentina asks host countries to arrest visiting Iranian minister over 1994 bombing
Buenos Aires notes Interpol warrant out for ex-senior Revolutionary Guards official Ahmed Vahidi, accused of masterminding AMIA Jewish center attack that killed 85 people
By ToI Staff and AFP
A man walks over the rubble left after of the Argentinian Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) building in Buenos Aires after it was targeted in a deadly bombing, July 18, 1994 (Ali Burafi/AFP)
April 12, 2024, 6:37 am
Argentina court blames Iran for 1990s terror attacks on Israeli embassy, AMIA center
Branding Islamic Republic a ‘terrorist state,’ ruling says Hezbollah carried out deadly bombings on Tehran’s orders, calls 1994 bombing of Jewish center a crime against humanity
By AFP
Former chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Mohsen Rezaei. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
October 19, 2022, 5:50 am
Argentina asks Qatar to arrest Iran official for alleged role in 1994 AMIA bombing
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
By ToI Staff
A Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 taxis on the runway after landing in the Ambrosio Taravella airport in Cordoba, Argentina, June 6, 2022. (AP/Sebastian Borsero)
August 2, 2022, 9:28 am
Argentina allows departure of some Venezuelan, Iranian crew of grounded plane
Seven of the 19 crew members to be retained in Argentina; judge says there are still elements to be investigated regarding Iranian Gholamrez Ghasemi, designated a member of IRGC
By AFP
Relatives of victims of a bomb attack at the Jewish community center of the Mutual Israelite Association of Argentina (AMIA) that killed 85 people and injured 300, hold photos during its 28th anniversary, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 18, 2022. (Luis ROBAYO / AFP)
July 19, 2022, 3:07 pm
On anniversary of AMIA and Burgas bombings, US urges global front against Hezbollah
At memorial for deadly 1994 Buenos Aires bombing, Jewish leader says that 28 years later, probe into grounded Iranian-Venezuelan plane shows Argentina still letting in terrorists
By ToI Staff
Police officers confiscate a box of documents during a judicial raid at the Plaza Central Hotel where the crew of a Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 cargo plane are staying, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
June 18, 2022, 10:55 am
Iranian aboard plane grounded in Argentina is captain in Quds Force, says Paraguay
Paraguayan intelligence chief says Captain Gholamreza Ghasemi is member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ expeditionary arm; Argentina security minister won’t comment on ‘conjecture’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 taxis on the runway after landing in the Ambrosio Taravella airport in Cordoba, Argentina, June 6, 2022. (AP/Sebastian Borsero)
June 17, 2022, 10:35 am
Israel ‘concerned’ by Iran airline activity in S. America, hails Argentina response
Argentine officials have raised suspicions of link between grounded flight and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
By Agencies
Police officers stand in the Plaza Central Hotel during a judicial raid where the crew of a Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 cargo plane are staying, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
June 16, 2022, 12:35 am
Argentina says Iranians detained on grounded flight are not Quds Force members
Officials say one Iranian shares a name with member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards elite force; reports in Israel say men planned to scout Jewish and Israeli targets to attack
By AFP and ToI Staff
Police officers confiscate a box of documents during a judicial raid at the Plaza Central Hotel where the crew of a Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 cargo plane are staying, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
June 14, 2022, 11:12 pm
Argentina police raid hotel hosting IRGC-linked crew of stranded plane
Authorities have been blocking Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 loaded with automotive parts from leaving since June 6, with minister saying part of crew is linked to Iran’s Quds Force
By Almudena Calatrava
Illustrative: An Emtrasur Cargo Boeing 747 lands in Belgrade on February 24, 2022. (Screen capture/YouTube)
June 13, 2022, 11:19 pm
Cargo jet with IRGC-linked crew stuck in Argentina due to US sanctions on Iran
Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 with a load of automotive parts and five Iranians onboard unable to depart; local minister says crew have ties to Iranian Quds Force
By Almudena Calatrava
Gustavo Bassani as Yosi in the new Amazon Prime Video series, 'Yosi, the Regretful Spy,' walks in the rubble after the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association attack. (Courtesy Daniel Burman/ Amazon)
May 4, 2022, 2:33 am
Espionage tangos with terror in Amazon series about Argentina’s unresolved bombings
Daniel Burman’s ‘Yosi, the Regretful Spy’ is the true story of a cop who went undercover as a Jew for decades, and how he may have inadvertently aided in Jewish community attacks
By Igal Avidan
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