Putin received an Iranian with a warrant for arrest for the AMIA attack

In a visit that sparked controversy and disgust in Argentina, the President of Russia,


Vladimir Putin
yesterday received the Iranian official Ali Akbar Velayati, accused of being one of the leaders of


attack against the AMIA
July 18, 1994, which left 85 dead and 150 wounded

The news of the trip of the Supreme Councilor of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, transpired a few days ago. days and provoked the reaction of the local Justice

Federal Judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral, in charge of the investigation into the terrorist attack, asked for the arrest of Velayati, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1981 and 1997, by means of a judicial warrant within the purview of the Ministry of Justice. Argentina's external relations, to manage the process with the authorities of Russia, a country with which there is a bilateral treaty extradition.

The portfolio headed by Jorge Faurie makes the request and has submitted an order to the Russian authorities of "pre-trial detention for the purpose of extradition", but until last night, he had not had Answer.

According to the judge, "the accusation that was made to him [a Velayati] stems from his proven intervention in the meeting where it was decided to execute the attack against the siege of the 39; AMIA.

He also added that the ministry under his responsibility was "of paramount importance within the terrorist matrix … to make available all resources with that which counted for the success of the operation through the # 39; instrumentation of the attack granting pbadports, visas, diplomatic cover "to the executors of the attack.

Velayati is accused of aggravated homicide crimes doubly aggravated for being committed by racial or religious hatred. In addition, there is an arrest warrant against him since 2006.

However, the Tehran official is not on the list of five Iranians subject to an Interpol red alert – which warns each airport so that security forces arrested the suspect for the case, so that he was not apprehended on any of the other occasions when he left his country.

For his part, as reported yesterday, Judge Canicoba Corral also asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina to extend a request for extradition of Velayati to the China after confirming that it would be the next destination of the Iranian tour.