The Argentinian prosecutor in charge of investigating the bombings at the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, has accused Iran of infiltrating several South American countries and building intelligence stations from which terrorist attacks could be planned and carried out.
Alberto Nisman issued a 502-page indictment on Wednesday assigning responsibility for the bombings, which killed 85 people, on the highest authorities in the Islamic Republic.
In particular, Nisman named Mohsen Rabbani, a former Iranian cultural attache, as the coordinator of Iranian clandestine activities on the continent.
The prosecutor said the AMIA bombings did not “constitute an isolated event, but a [sic] part of a bigger image, dominated by the strong and aggressive Iranian infiltration in the region in which Rabbani did not limit himself to Argentina, but… based on the gathered evidence, extended his activities to Guyana and to several South American countries,” according to a press release from Nisman’s office.
Alberto Nisman (photo credit: YouTube)
“Based on countless reports, evidence, testimonies, court and investigative records related to other countries of the region, North America and Europe – including rulings of foreign courts against the Iranian regime — [Nisman] proved the identical decision-making mechanism, planning and execution of terrorist attacks verified in different countries, which were judicially attributed to Iranian intelligence agents,” the release read.