He added that the DAIA respected court decisions but that “we know our rights.” Rafecas had denied the DAIA the status of plaintiff in the case, a decision also confirmed by the appeals court. Earlier this year the DAIA had urged Rafecas to reopen Nisman’s complaint about an alleged plan by CFK to cover up Iran’s involvement in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires. Rafecas dismissed the Nisman complaint in February 2015, sparking a round of appeals and dismissals that concluded when a prosecutor before the Cassation Court declined to advance the complaint and judges agreed that there was nothing else to be done with it. Judges ruleBallestero, noting that the same court ruled that the MOU with Iran was unconstitutional but not criminal in nature, cited himself in yesterday’s ruling. In a shorter text, Freiler also agreed with Rafecas’s decision to not re-open the case based on the MOU and audio recordings.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 28, 2016 03:00 UTC