Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez said her country was receptive to Iran’s request for dialogue about the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center but must hand over the suspects.
“We insist that Iran hand over the suspects of the AMIA atrocity,” Fernandez said Sept. 21 during her address to the United Nations General Assembly. “The proposal of dialogue that we received from [the] Iranian government is a change of attitude, but does not satisfy the Argentinian request, although this is a proposal to dialogue that Argentina cannot reject.”
The response was the first by Fernandez since Iran proposed a “constructive dialogue” on the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center, which killed 85 and injured hundreds.
Argentina has accused the Iranian government of directing the bombing and the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah of carrying it out, but no arrests have been made in the case. — jta