https://apnews.com/article/argentina-1994-jewish-center-bombing-iran-investigation-36b4f9cbe20900d39d8f28477589a444
Argentinas highest criminal court reported a new development Thursday in the elusive quest for justice in the deadliest attack in the countrys history the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center headquarters concluding Iran had planned the attack and Lebanons Hezbollah militant group had executed the plans.
In a ruling obtained by The Associated Press, Argentinas Court of Cassation deemed Iran and its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, responsible for the bombing in Buenos Aires that leveled the community center, killing 85 people, wounding 300 and devastating Latin Americas biggest Jewish community. The court said the attack came in retaliation for Argentina reneging on a nuclear cooperation deal with Tehran.
Alleging Irans political and strategic role in the bombing, the Argentine court paved the way for victims families to bring lawsuits against the Islamic Republic. In the past three decades, Iran has not turned over citizens convicted in Argentina. Interpol arrest warrants have led nowhere.
The significance of these grave human rights violations for the international community as a whole invokes a states duty to provide judicial protection, the ruling said, declaring the bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Aid Association community center a crime against humanity.