'Iran won't halt Interpol vote linked to 1994 Argentina bombing'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iran has backed away from an effort to stop Interpol from voting on whether to put five Iranians and a Lebanese man on the international police agency's most wanted list, an Interpol official said Monday. Iran's decision clears the way for a vote on the issue at the three-day Interpol general assembly that began Monday in Marrakech, Morocco. Delegates will be asked to adjudicate a dispute between Interpol members Iran and Argentina over the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center. Prosecutors in Argentina say they have enough evidence for Interpol's general assembly to approve "red" wanted notices for the six suspects - akin to placing them on its most wanted list. In the run-up to the meeting, Iran had sought to delay the issue until next year, said an Interpol official on condition of anonymity because of agency policy. But Teheran did not formalize such a request as the three-day meeting opened.