Argentine justice asked Russia to arrest and extradite an Iranian official

"The competent authorities of the Russian Federation demand the pre-trial detention for the extradition of Ali Akbar Velayati," asked the federal judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral in charge of the case, in a notice circulated According to the portal of the Infobae, Velayati, advisor to the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is visiting Russia and must meet the Russian President Vladimir Putin to badess the political and military situation in Syria. Putin even had a meeting today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to address the same problem.

Justice ordered in 2006 the international capture of Velayati, that he charged with the crime of "homicide qualified doubly aggravated for having been committed by racial or religious hatred and by an appropriate means of provoking a common danger "

" The imputation made to him stems from his proven intervention at the meeting where he decided to conduct the attack "against the seat of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA), held at This time Canicoba Corral

Velayati served as Foreign Minister of Iran between 1981 and 1997, period in which the 39; Terrorist attack was perpetrated.

For the judge, in this function Velayati " put at his disposal all the resources he had for the success of the operation through the l & # 39; 39; instrumentation of the attack granting pbadports, visas and a cover Diplomatic Opening

Velayati is one of seven Iranian citizens including the late President Ali Rafsanjani, accused of having committed the attack.