22° anniversary of attack Wednesday, July 20, 2016 AMIA: Judge requests extradition of former Iranian officialJudge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral submitted requests to Singapur and Malasia for the extradition of Alí Akbar Velayati, who was Iran’s Foreign Minister at the time of the 1994 AMIA deadly bombing in Buenos Aires. The request was submitted to those countries as it was known the former Iranian official Landed in those countries to offer several lectures. When asked if he would be willing to appear before an Argentine court, he responded that there's no reason why an Iranian official should have to respond to another nation. Last Monday, during a ceremony to commemorate a new anniversary of the tragedy, AMIA leaders and victims’ relatives urged the government to consider the probe a “state priority.” Accused of being one of the masterminds of the terrorist attack against the Jewish community centre which left 85 people killed, Velayati has denied his role in the bombing.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald July 20, 2016 18:22 UTC