US EditionArgentina Orders Trial in Absentia for Suspects in AMIA Bombing in '94
- On July 18, 1994, a truck loaded with roughly 400 kilograms of explosives exploded at the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association building in Buenos Aires, resulting in 85 fatalities and injuring more than 300 people.
- The attack was attributed to Hezbollah with planning by senior Iranian officials, but Iran has consistently denied involvement and refused extradition of suspects since Argentina sought arrests in 2006.
- Argentina's decades-long investigation faced institutional failures, cover-ups, and acquittals, leading to a 2023 Inter-American Court ruling condemning Argentina for deficient prevention and investigation.
- In June 2025, Judge Daniel Rafecas applied a new law allowing trial in absentia for ten Iranian and Lebanese suspects, stating it is essential to proceed and prevent impunity for this crime against humanity.
- This ruling initiates Argentina's first trial of terrorism suspects absent from the country, reflecting a renewed effort to deliver justice amid ongoing international and political challenges.
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Argentina to put Iranians and Lebanese on trial in absentia over 1994 Jewish center bombing
An Argentine judge has ordered that the 10 Lebanese and Iranian citizens accused of involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires face trial in absentia.
Argentine justice has decided to try in absentia 10 accused for the attack on the Israeli mutual association AMIA, which left 85 dead and hundreds injured. So far there is no one convicted for the terrorist attack perpetrated in Buenos Aires in 1994. The accused are seven Iranian citizens—exdiplomatic and high-ranking officials—and three Lebanese: they can be tried thanks to a law passed last February, which enabled the conduct of trials even if…
Argentina to try ex-Iran officials for Jewish centre bombing
An Argentine judge on Thursday ordered that the 10 people accused of the deadliest bombing in the country's history face a trial in absentia, three decades after the attack on a Jewish community center that killed 85 people and wounded more than 150. Argentine authorities have charged 10 people as perpetrators of the 1994 attack on the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires - including former Iranian government officials a…
Argentina to try Iranian officials in absentia over 1994 Buenos Aires bombing
Argentina will prosecute 10 Iranian and Lebanese nationals in absentia over the 1994 AMIA Jewish Center bombing that killed 85 and injured 300—the deadliest terror attack in the country’s history.
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