Argentina-Iran deal challenged in Jewish center bombing probe
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An Argentine prosecutor Wednesday asked a judge to declare unconstitutional an agreement with Iran to probe the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center after charges Tehran ordered the attack. The attorney general in the case, Alberto Nisman, said the agreement constitutes an "undue interference of the executive branch in the exclusive sphere of the judiciary."
The van bombing of the building of the Argentine Jewish Charities Federation left 85 people dead and 300 injured. Argentina charges that Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah carried out the attack under Iranian orders. Tehran's clerical regime denies the charges. (AFP)
