A court in Argentina ruled that Iran and Hezbollah are responsible for the deadly attacks against the Jewish community in the 1990s. 29 people were killed in the attack against the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires in 1992, and 85 people died in the AMIA attack two years later.
The decision was reported by the country's local media, which cited the ruling that described Iran as a "terrorist state" About 300,000 Jews live in Argentina, in addition to large immigrant communities from the Middle East, especially from Syria and Lebanon. Tehran, for its part, denies any involvement in the attacks, which were the deadliest in Argentina's history. The Jewish community welcomed the decision, saying it allows the victims to approach the International Criminal Court, which has jurisdiction over war crimes and crimes against humanity in the U.S. and many other countries in the Middle Eastern region, such as Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. The president at the time of the two attacks, Carlos Menam - who died in 2021 - stood trial for covering up the AMia attack, but was eventually acquitted.