The top criminal court in Argentina has
named the alleged perpetrators of an act of terrorism it called a “crime
against humanity.”
The Court of Cassation in Buenos Aires issued a ruling
on April 11 blaming Iran for bombing the Asociación Mutual Israelita
Argentina—a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires—on July 18, 1994,
using its terrorist proxy Hezbollah. The attack left 85 dead and more
than 300 wounded.
Argentina’s judicial system has long regarded Iran as behind the terrorist act.
Memoria Activa, a group that represents
the families of victims from the bombing, said they hoped that “complete
justice and truth will come” and wished “that these judges will stop
profiting from our dead.”
The court said the attack on the largest
Jewish community in Latin America came as a result of Argentina
withdrawing from a nuclear cooperation deal with Iran. It named Iran’s
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as complicit, prompting Israel to call
on Argentina to designate the organization as a terrorist group.
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