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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. AMIA bombing Part of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict The aftermath of the attack Location Buenos Aires, Argentina Coordinates 34°36′06.5″S 58°23′58″W / 34.601806°S 58.39944°W / -34.601806; -58.39944 Date 18 July 1994 ; 30 years ago (1994-07-18) 9:53 a.m. (UTC−03:00 ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires Part of Spillover of the South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) The attack site Location Buenos Aires, Argentina Coordinates 34°35′30″S 58°22′49″W / 34.59167°S 58.38028°W / -34.59167; -58.38028 Date 17 March 1992 14:42 pm (UTC-3) 2 ...
Argentina's Jewish community is the largest in Latin America. Its population in Buenos Aires is approximately 180,000 and nationwide it's 230,000, according to Daniel Pomerantz, AMIA’s executive ...
In July 2019, Argentina officially designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, freezing its assets and accusing the group of responsibility for the 1992 Israeli embassy bombing and the 1994 AMIA bombing. Argentina is the first country in Latin America to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. [46]
The probe into the 1994 terrorist attack against the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) had been marked by judicial misconduct, and had reached an impasse. [29] On October 25, 2006, Nisman formally accused the government of Iran of directing the AMIA bombing, and the Hezbollah militia of carrying it out.
The bombing, in which a van full of explosives opposite the AMIA building was detonated, was similar to the March 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires, possibly also committed by Hezbollah. The attacks, it appears, occurred with the support of Iran, [ 3 ] though the Iranian government repeatedly denied these charges.
Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA; transl. "Argentine Israelite Mutual Association") is a Jewish Community Centre located in Buenos Aires, Argentina.. Established as Jevrá Kedushá in 1894, its mission was conceived to promote the well-being and development of Jewish life in Argentina and to secure the continuity and values of the Jewish community.
Argentina and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding in 2013 for a joint investigation of the AMIA terrorist attack.The full name was Memorandum of understanding between the Government of Argentina and the Government of Islamic Republic of Iran on the issues related to the terrorist attack against AMIA headquarter in Buenos Aires on 18 July 1994.