The top prosecutor leading the investigation into the deadliest bombing in Argentina’s history requested an arrest warrant for Iranian “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei this week, identifying him as a key mastermind of the attack.
Prosecutor Sebastián Basso also requested that Argentina formally ask Interpol for a red notice, or request for arrest, for Khamenei and began proceedings for a trial in absentia for the Iranian officials identified as responsible for plotting and executing the bombing. Such a trial would be unprecedented in Argentine history, as the nation only modified its penal code to allow for such trials last year.
The 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters was the deadliest terrorist attack documented in the Western Hemisphere before 2001, killing 85 people and leaving dozens injured. Argentine investigators…
