In the AMIA Case There Was an Unconscionable Miscarriage of Justice, But No Cover-Up

Toward the end of his essay in Mosaic marking 25 years since the July 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA building in Buenos Aires, Rabbi Avi Weiss states that “everyone knew that Iran masterminded the bombing.”

This is true; everybody did know. Perhaps not all were convinced of the fact immediately, but it certainly was the case by 2006, when Argentine federal prosecutors formally charged top Iranian officials with instigating and planning the attack and accused Hizballah, Iran’s Lebanon-based proxy, of carrying it out. (Iran in turn defended itself against Argentina to Interpol but failed to convince that international investigative body.)

In the intervening years, no substantive doubts have been raised about this point, which is supported by abundant evidence gathered by Israeli, American, and European intelligence agencies.