AMIA Bombing

On 18 July 1994, a car bomb destroyed the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA), a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, killing 85 people and injuring hundreds more. It remains the deadliest terrorist attack in Argentine history and the deadliest attack on a Jewish target since World War II. Argentine prosecutors, led by investigator Alberto Nisman, concluded that the bombing was ordered by the Iranian government and carried out by Hezbollah operatives acting on Iranian direction. The Iranian intelligence network in Buenos Aires — operating through the Islamic Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires — provided target intelligence and logistics. Iranian suspects identified by Argentine prosecutors include cultural attaché Mohsen Rabbani, Ambassador Hadi Soleimanpour, and embassy third secretary Ahmad Reza Asghari. Ali Fallahian, then Minister of Intelligence, was also named. Argentina issued international arrest warrants and Interpol red notices for the Iranian suspects. In 2024, an Argentine court concluded a trial-in-absentia proceeding against several Iranian defendants.