Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned on Monday the Argentine charge d'affaires in Tehran, Mario Enrique Quinteros, to "protest strongly" against Buenos Aires over its criticism of the nomination of Iran's new defense minister, the official IRNA news agency reported. Iran's Foreign Ministry official told Quinteros that the statement issued by the Foreign Ministry of Argentina on the issue is a "clear interference in Iran's internal affairs and is strongly condemned." ...

Relatives and friends of the victims of the AMIA Jewish community centre levelled in a 1994 terrorist attack yesterday gathered to mark the 15th anniversary of the bombing, which left 85 people dead and more than 300 injured. Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández attended the ceremony and pledged to keep working to bring to justice those responsible for the worst terrorist attack in the country’s history. Although the traditional ceremony, which has been held every year since...

The South Florida Jewish community will join together on Monday, July 20 at 7:00 p.m. for a Memorial Service to mark the 15th anniversary of the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The commemorative service will be held at The Shul, 9540 Collins Avenue, Surfside. The bombing on July 18, 1994 was an attack on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Israelite Mutual Association) building in Buenos Aires, killing 85 people. A powerful bomb made of ammonium nitrate was...

Fifteen years ago today, in the morning hours of 18 July 1994, a powerful explosion rocked the peaceful city of Buenos Aires. A terrorist attack had been launched against the city's Jewish community center, AMIA (Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina). Tragically, 85 people lost their lives in the attack and hundreds more were injured, all victims of international terrorism. The seven-story AMIA building, the central location for Argentina's Jewish communal activities, was totally...

The Simon Wiesenthal Center condemned the appointment of Jorge Palacios as the Chief of the new Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police. In a letter to Minister of Justice and Security of Buenos Aires Town Hall, Guillermo Montenegro, the Center’s Director for Latin America, Sergio Widder, reminded that “Chief Palacios was involved in the less transparent period of the investigation of the AMIA bombing, and accusations of covering up are pending against him.” “To appoint...

Terrorist-sponsoring nation Iran is increasing its presence in Latin America, and Hezbollah, a terrorist organization it sponsors, is making inroads in drug trafficking in Colombia, according to Pentagon spokesperson Donna Miles in a press statement to the National Association of Chiefs of Police. During a recent congressional hearing, Navy Admiral James G. Stavridis told the House Armed Services Committee that he shares the concerns of Defense Secretary Robert Gates about Iranian activity...

This was asserted by Alex Ben Zvi, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Latin America Division. The diplomat stressed that “both bombings in Buenos Aires (Regarding the Israel Embassy and AMIA) are a clear representation of the danger” that Iranian presence represents in the region. Ben Zvi avoided providing further detail regarding a report that links Venezuela and Bolivia with Iran’s nuclear program. Speaking to this agency, he confirmed that Israel will be an Observer in the...

The Supreme Court of Argentina on Thursday night ordered the reopening of an investigation into a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires' Jewish community center, which left 85 people killed. The court ruled with a four-to-two majority that Carlos Telledín, a former car mechanic, will be tried again for his alleged involvement in the attack at the AMIA center. He is suspected of providing a van loaded with explosives used to carry out the attack. At the time he was arrested, questioned and...

Recent anti-Semitic incidents in Argentina show that "anti-Semitic groups … are working to harm the Jewish community," the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said Thursday. An ADL statement cited a violence attack last week on a crown celebrating Israeli Independence Day in Buenos Aires, and bomb threats against two synagogues. "These groups should not be allowed to create and fuel an atmosphere of intimidation and fear, which undermines the democratic and pluralistic values of...

BUENOS AIRES -- Two Buenos Aires synagogues received bomb threats in the wake of violent anti-Semitic attacks at a public street celebration. Monday's bomb threats on the Amaijai and New Israeli Community synagogues, both located in the highly Jewish-populated neighborhood of Belgrano, proved to be false. Also Monday, hundreds of protesters, mostly women and children, clamored for the release of the five men arrested Sunday during a cultural event organized by the Buenos Aires city...