IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1266 

Condemning the attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association Jewish 

Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994 and encouraging accountability for the attack. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 31, 2024 

Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 

and Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, 

Argentina, in July 1994 and encouraging accountability 

for the attack. 

Whereas, 30 years ago, on July 18, 1994, 85 innocent people 

were killed and 300 were injured when the Argentine 

Jewish Mutual Association (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘AMIA’’) was bombed in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 

Whereas the AMIA bombing was the deadliest attack on Jewish people outside Israel since the Holocaust; 

Whereas it is reported that considerable evidence links the attack to the terrorist group Hezbollah, which is based in 

Lebanon, supported by the Government of the Syrian 


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Arab Republic, and sponsored by Iran, a United Statesdesignated state sponsor of terrorism since 1984; 

Whereas, 2 years earlier, Hezbollah operatives also blew up 

the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29 civilians 

and injuring 242; 

Whereas the 30 years since the bombing have been marred 

by a failure to bring those responsible, including Iranbacked operatives and their Hezbollah proxies, to justice; 

Whereas, in September 2004, 10 years after the attack, 

Alberto Nisman was appointed as the Special Prosecutor 

in charge of the 1994 AMIA bombing investigation; 

Whereas, in October 2006, Argentine prosecutors Alberto 

Nisman and Marcelo Martinez Burgos formally accused 

the Iranian regime of directing the bombing, and the 

Hezbollah militia of carrying it out; 

Whereas Ibrahim Hussein Berro, a member of the terrorist 

group Hezbollah, was identified as the AMIA bomber; 

Whereas, in November 2006, an Argentine judge issued arrest warrants for 8 Iranian nationals, including highranking government and military officials, and one Lebanese national, who were named as suspects in the AMIA 

bombing; 

Whereas, in November 2007, INTERPOL voted to put the 

following suspects in the 1994 AMIA attack on its most 

wanted list: Ali Fallahijan, Mohsen Rabbani, Ahmad 

Reza Asghari, Ahmad Vahidi, and Mohsen Razaee from 

Iran and Imad Fayez Moughnieh from Lebanon; 

Whereas INTERPOL currently has 5 red alerts in place in 

relation to the AMIA attack; 


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Whereas the investigation of the AMIA bombing has been 

marked by judicial misconduct and undue influence; 

Whereas no Iranian suspects for the AMIA bombing have 

faced prosecution; 

Whereas former Federal judge Juan Jose Galeano and 

former State Intelligence Secretariat intelligence head 

Hugo Anzorreguy have both been convicted and sentenced to prison for subverting the investigation and concealing evidence; 

Whereas, in 2019, the Argentine Government declared 

Hezbollah a terrorist organization, expelled all members 

of the organization from the country, and froze their assets in Argentina; 

Whereas, in 2020, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez reaffirmed the commitment of the Argentine Republic to 

bring those responsible for the attack to justice; 

Whereas, in 2021, Ahmad Vahidi and Mohsen Rezai, 2 Iranian suspects from the 1994 bombing, were appointed by 

Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi, and confirmed by the Islamic Consultative Assembly, to the Iranian Cabinet; 

Whereas, on April 12, 2024, Argentina’s highest criminal 

court, the Argentine Court of Cassation, broke the extended silence of the justice system by affirming Iran’s 

responsibility for the deadly bombing and declaring it a 

‘‘crime against humanity’’; 

Whereas, according to news reports of the ruling, the court 

identified ‘‘top Iranian officials and paramilitary Revolutionary Guard commanders in its determination that Iran 

carried out the bombings in response to Argentina scrapping three contracts that would have provided Tehran 

with nuclear technology in the mid-1980s’’; 


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Whereas Argentine President Javier Milei commended the 

high court’s ruling, noting that the determination was a 

‘‘significant step’’ that put an end to decades of ‘‘delays 

and cover-ups’’; 

Whereas leaders in the Argentine Jewish community, including AMIA President Amos Linetzky, noted that the historic ruling would finally provide an opportunity for survivors and relatives of victims to seek legal action against 

Iran; 

Whereas the Foreign Ministry of Argentina responded to the 

court’s ruling by requesting that INTERPOL issue an 

immediate international arrest notice for Ahmad Vahidi, 

who is now the Iranian Interior Minister, ‘‘as one of 

those responsible for the attack on AMIA’’; and 

Whereas, today, Argentina is home to over 250,000 Jewish 

people, making it the largest home to Jews in Latin 

America and the sixth-largest in the world: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns the 1994 attack on the Argentine 

3 Jewish Mutual Association Jewish Community Cen4 ter in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and honors the vic5 tims of this heinous act; 

6 (2) expresses sympathy to the relatives of the 

7 victims, who have waited for 3 decades without jus8 tice for the loss of their loved ones, and may have 

9 to wait even longer for justice to be served; 


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1 (3) underscores the concern of the United 

2 States regarding the continuing, 30-year-long delay 

3 in the proper resolution of this case; 

4 (4) calls for the perpetrators of this horrific act, 

5 including Iranian and Hezbollah operatives, to be 

6 held accountable for their crimes; 

7 (5) demands that INTERPOL member coun8 tries comply with arrest orders for individuals re9 sponsible for the deadly attack on the AMIA Jewish 

10 Community Center; and 

11 (6) stands in solidarity with the Jewish commu12 nity of Argentina and the broader Latin American 

13 and Caribbean Jewish diaspora at a time of surging 

14 antisemitism around the world. 

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