The Argentine Foreign Ministry issued a statement requesting the arrest of the mInterior Minister General Ahmad Vahidi, for being one of those accused of the attack on the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) in 1994. Given this, the Government of Iran responded and forcefully rejected the request.
After receiving the request submitted to Interpol, Iran released a statement this Wednesday rejecting the Argentine government’s request. The message was issued through the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry in Tehran, Nasser Kananiand point directly against the accusation.
In addition to “strongly” condemning the repeated request for arrest by Argentina, lThey called it “illegal” and argued that the complaint is “based on a lie.”s by some Argentine Thursdays about Iranian citizens for the AMIA cause.
The arrest request sent by Argentina
On Tuesday, April 23, the Argentine Foreign Ministry issued a statement where He called for the international arrest of those responsible for the attack on the AMIA, which caused the death of 85 people in 1994.
The organization stated that one of those involved in that event is the current minister, Ahmad Vahidi. «This individual is currently Minister of the Interior of the Islamic Republic of Iran and is part of a government delegation that is in Pakistan and Sri Lanka these days«, they sentenced.
In this sense and at the request of the Argentine authorities, “The Interpol Central Office based in Lyon issued a Red Circular for his arrest”.
Amhad Vahidi accused of being responsible for the Amia attack
The Argentine Justice considered him as one of those responsible for planning and financing the attack. For that reason, he has an arrest warrant from Interpol, claimed since 2007 and which Iran is unaware of.
In 2021, the Argentine Foreign Ministry issued a statement expressing its “strongest condemnation of the nomination of Ahmad Vahidi.” to a ministerial position in Iran.
Furthermore, they indicated that the fact that Vahidi now holds a position as an official “constitutes an affront to Argentine justice and to the victims of the brutal terrorist attack against the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA).”
