World Jewish Congress welcomes Interpol verdict on Iran
Marrakech decision demonstrates criminal nature of state-sponsored terrorism
07 November 2007
New York – The World Jewish Congress (WJC) today welcomed the vote by the Interpol General Assembly to uphold international arrest warrants (“Red Notices”) for the apprehension of six suspects in the 1994 attack on AMIA, the headquarters of Argentina’s Jewish community, which killed 85.
Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress, declared: “This is a victory for the people of Argentina and for all those seeking to build a global community based on the rule of law, and free from fear or intimidation. Senior Iranian officials, including some known as ‘moderates’, have been implicated in this case, undermining those who argue that Iran’s intentions may be peaceful. The Interpol vote demonstrates what can be achieved when politics are left at the door and law enforcement is permitted to make its own determinations.” Five of the six Interpol suspects were serving as officials of the Iranian regime at the time of the AMIA bombing.
WJC Secretary General Michael Schneider said: “In the face of a desperate lobbying campaign by Iran, including apparent financial incentives to a number of governments, Jewish community leaders and many others around the world exercised their rights as citizens and inquired of their own elected officials. The WJC was pleased to provide perspective and updates to our partner agencies and communities, also engaging our network of young professional leaders around the world in this effort.”
The annual General Assembly of Interpol, the international police organization with 186 member states, voted today in Marrakech, Morocco, to uphold the Red Notices, which “seek the arrest or provisional arrest of a wanted person with a view to extradition based on an arrest warrant.” The WJC also praised Interpol President Jackie Selebi of South Africa and the Interpol Executive Committee for upholding the organization’s professionalism throughout the process leading to the final vote to approve the Red Notices.
Argentine State Prosecutors Find Iran Responsible for AMIA Terrorist Attack
Officials Implicate Iran in Report on Attacks
On 25 October 2006 the Argentinian state prosecutors office released it's official report on the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish
Community Center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and wounded over 150 more.
In it the prosecutor called for the arrest of former Iranian President Hashemi
Rafsanjani and other former members of his cabinet for their direct role in ordering and orchestrating the
terrorist attack. The report also details the active roles played by officials of the Iranian embassy in Buenos
Aires in the attacks.
At the same time the World Jewish Congress called on the international community to assist
the Argentine government in the arrest of the former Iranian president and members of his government
directly implicated in the prosecutors' report. The WJC also called on the international community and the
UN to confront the threat that is Iran.
Rafsanjani served as president of Iran from 1989 to 1997. He lost a bid for a third term to current President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005. In 2001 Rafsanjani made headlines for saying that if the world of Islam
obtained nuclear weapons Israel would be destroyed.
Read about the commeration of the 12th anniversary of the bombing
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