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Iran asks Argentina to 'forget' attacks on Jewish targets

By GIL STERN STERN SHEFLER

MARCH 27, 2011 08:53

Iran offered Argentina to “forget” about the 1992 and 1994 bombings of the Israeli embassy and Jewish center in Buenos Aires which killed 114 people and wounded hundreds in return for improved financial relations, an Argentinian newspaper reported on Saturday.

According to the Argentinean tabloid Perfil, the Islamic Republic asked the South American country to drop the ongoing investigation into the bombings which are believed to have been carried out by Hezbollah and Iran and could implicate Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi.

“Argentina is no longer interested in solving these two attacks, but would rather improve its economic relations with Iran," the newspaper quoted an Iranian document it said it had obtained as saying.

Perfil, which is a vocal critic of Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez, said the offer was made to Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector Timmerman during a recent visit to Damascus where he met with Syrian President Bashar Assad, a close ally of Iran.

Argentina and Iran trade goods each year worth 1.2 billion dollars.

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