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Cristina Kirchner, accused of obstructing the investigation into the Buenos Aires attack

2021-10-08T09:20:05.455Z


The Argentine justice pronounced Thursday, October 7 a dismissal in favor of Vice-President Cristina Kirchner, accused of obstruction - for the benefit of Iran - ...


The Argentine justice pronounced Thursday, October 7 a dismissal in favor of Vice-President Cristina Kirchner, accused of obstructing - for the benefit of Iran - the investigation into the attack against a Jewish mutual which had made 85 dead and 300 injured in 1994 in Buenos Aires.

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The former leftist president was prosecuted for having encouraged the approval by the Parliament of an agreement with Tehran, providing that senior Iranian officials suspected of having ordered the attack to be heard outside Argentina, thus allowing them to sit down. evade justice.

"The memorandum of understanding with Iran, whether it is considered a political success or failure, does not constitute an offense or an act of concealment"

, ruled the federal court number 8. Its decision is likely to appeal to the Criminal Cassation Chamber.

Cristina Kirchner had considered in court that the accusation against her was

"nonsense, a judicial and political scandal, the work of an instrument of persecution of political opponents to the government of Mauricio Macri

(2015-2019)

"

, who had succeeded him.

The pact was approved in 2013 by Argentina's parliament, but Iran ultimately failed to live up to the terms of the deal.

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The charge for obstructing the investigation was first launched in 2015 by prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was found dead in his apartment in Buenos Aires on the eve of presenting his accusation against Cristina Kirchner in Parliament.

The attack against the Amia (Association mutuelle Israelite argentine), on July 18, 1994, was the second perpetrated against the Jewish community of Argentina, the most numerous in Latin America, after that of 1992 against the Israeli embassy. (29 dead and 200 injured).

The attack has never been claimed or elucidated, but Israel accuses Tehran of being the sponsor.

Cristina Kirchner, 68, was dismissed in several cases of alleged corruption during her two presidential terms (2007-2015), but remains prosecuted in six other proceedings.

Source: lefigaro

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