Argentina charges Iran’s Revolutionary Guard chief and others over AMIA bombing
Eight Iranian and Lebanese nationals are accused in the trial in absentia over the attack that killed 85 people in 1994 La entrada Argentina charges Iran’s Revolutionary Guard chief and others over AMIA bombing se publicó primero en Buenos Aires Herald .
On Monday, Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas in Argentina charged eight Iranian and Lebanese nationals with the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center, AMIA, in Buenos Aires which killed 85 people. The defendants include Ahmad Vahidi, the current commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as well as former Revolutionary Guard figures Mohsen Reza, Ali Fallahijan, and Ali Akbar Velayati.
The charges were part of an ongoing trial in absentia that began in June 2025. Judge Rafecas established that the attack's decision-making was made by the highest authorities of the Iranian regime in August 1993, with execution entrusted to Hezbollah. He also reconstructed the preparations for the attack, noting that the defendants acquired a Renault Trafic van on July 10, 1994, loaded with explosives before parking it near the AMIA building on July 15.
The van was moved to the building on July 18 ahead of the attack. Judge Rafecas indicted Hadi Soleimanpour, Mohsen Rabbani, and Ahmad Asghari as necessary accomplices, while Salman Raouf Salman, or Samuel El Reda, was indicted for coordinating the final stage of the attack on behalf of Hezbollah. The attack is legally classified as a crime against humanity and genocide under international law.
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