Velayati has always denied any kind of involvement in the AMIA attack, labelling the accusations against him and others as baseless and politically motivated. He is currently the president of the Centre for Strategic Research, a leading Iranian think tank that was previously chaired by the current Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Thursday, July 21, 2016 AMIA judge seeks arrest of ex-Iranian FMMagistrate requests cooperation from Singapore, Malaysia to extradite suspect VelayatiFederal Judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral has requested that Singapore and Malaysia arrest Ali Akbar Velayati — Iran’s former foreign minister and a suspect in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre — and extradite him to Argentina. The unit formally petitioned Canicoba Corral to issue the arrest warrant on Monday when it became aware that Velayati was in Singapore. At press time, the Singaporean and Malaysian foreign ministries had not confirmed receipt of the arrest requests.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald July 21, 2016 03:11 UTC