Argentina seizes Iranian's property in bomb probe
REUTERS UK
19-Dec-2008 (one comment)

BUENOS AIRES, Dec 16 (Reuters) - An Argentine judge on Tuesday seized a property belonging to a former Iranian diplomat who is sought on charges related to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center.

The judicial order stems from a million-dollar lawsuit for damages by a survivor of the bombing, which killed 85 people and wounded more than 200 others, Prosecutor Alberto Nisman told Reuters.

Argentina has formally accused Iran of masterminding the attack and is seeking the arrest of high-ranking Iranian government officials.

Interpol, the international police agency, has issued arrest orders for six of the suspects.

Tehran has repeatedly denied involvement in the blast on July 18, 1994, when a truck laden with explosives leveled the seven-story Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) building, a symbol of the country's Jewish community -- Latin America's largest.

No one has been convicted of carrying out the bombing despite a lengthy and botched probe, but Argentine, Israeli and U.S. officials have long blamed it on Hezbollah guerrillas backed by Iran.

A federal judge ordered the seizure after authorities discovered a Buenos Aires property in the name of a former Iranian cultural attache in Argentina who is among the officials being sought by the South American country.

"We found something that we didn't expect -- that this person has property in his name in Argentina," Nisman said.

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Mere accusations don't prove anything.

by Ostaad on Fri Dec 19, 2008 09:17 AM PST

Argentina, with abundant help from myriad of Zionist groups, has failed to prove in any court of law, be in Argentina or Britain, that Iran was involved in the blowing up of the building where the Zionists were doing business. The zeal to depict Iran as the mastermind of the attack by mere accusations and finger pointing has irritated some prominent Argentinean Jewish investigative journalists who firmly believe, with sufficient evidence, that the domestic anti-Jewish groups were the culprit but the political prize of accusing Iran by Israel and its supporters in the US has prevented the judiciary to press charges against the real culprits. The article clearly states, "no one has been convicted of carrying out the bombing despite a lengthy
and botched probe, but Argentine, Israeli and U.S. officials have long
blamed it on Hezbollah guerrillas backed by Iran". This is nothing more than a shameful blame game and an excuse for stealing property of some curropt Iranian official who owns commericial property bought by money that only I'm sure was not his life-long savings. The fact is some Zionists have made it their business to use innuendo to grab property owned by Iranians. In this case I have no sympathy for the Iranian guy who lost his building, but I want eveyone to know this is a game of chicken between two criminal and curropt group of people, the Zionistas and the Islamists. I just don't want Iran's name to be dragged in the mud by a bunch of gangsters.


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