Argentine court considers Iran's responsibility proven in the largest terrorist attack committed in Argentina, which caused 85 deaths and about 300 injuries. The magistrates opened the door for Argentina to formally sue Iran, which has refused for three decades to collaborate with local justice so that the accused can be brought to justice.
The judicial investigation into this attack has been one of the most complex in Argentine history. The attack against the AMIA took place only two years after a first attack on the Israeli Embassy, also in Buenos Aires, which resulted in 22 deaths and almost 250 injuries. In 2013, the governments of the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding that sought to create a truth commission to investigate the attack, but the agreement never came into effect and gave rise to a case against the then president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, for alleged cover-up by the perpetrators of the attack. The first years were so chaotic that a case was opened against the first investigating judge, Juan José Galeano, for paying a witness.