IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 600 

Condemning the attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association Jewish 

Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, and expressing the concern of the United States regarding the continuing, 

29-year-long delay in the resolution of this case and encouraging accountability for the attack. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 18, 2023 

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 expressing the concern 

of the United States regarding the continuing, 29-yearlong delay in the resolution of this case and encouraging 

accountability for the attack. 

Whereas 29 years ago, on July 18, 1994, 85 innocent people 

were killed and 300 were injured when the Argentine 

Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) was bombed in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 

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


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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 

Arab Republic, and sponsored by the Government of the 

Islamic Republic of Iran; 

Whereas, 2 years earlier, Hezbollah operatives also blew up 

the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29 civilians; 

Whereas the 29 years since the bombing have been marked 

by a failure to bring those responsible, including Iranian 

officials 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 1 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: 

(1) Ali Fallahijan from Iran. 

(2) Mohsen Rabbani from Iran. 

(3) Ahmad Reza Asghari from Iran. 

(4) Ahmad Vahidi from Iran. 


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(5) Mohsen Razaee from Iran. 

(6) Imad Fayez Moughnieh from Lebanon. 

Whereas Interpol currently has 4 red alerts in place in relation to the AMIA attack; 

Whereas, on January 13, 2015, prosecutor Alberto Nisman 

alleged in a complaint that then-Argentinian President 

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and then-Minister of 

Foreign Relations Hector Timerman conspired to cover 

up Iranian involvement in the 1994 terrorist bombing, 

and reportedly agreed to negotiate immunity for Iranian 

suspects and help get their names removed from the 

Interpol list; 

Whereas prosecutor Alberto Nisman was scheduled to present 

his new findings to the Argentinian Congress on January 

19, 2015; 

Whereas prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found shot in the 

head in his apartment in Buenos Aires on January 18, 

2015; 

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 yet 

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 miscarriage of justice; 

Whereas Carlos Telleldin was convicted and sentenced to 

prison for his role in assisting the perpetrators carry out 

their heinous attack; 


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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 

President Ebrahim Raisi and confirmed by the Islamic 

Consultative Assembly to the Iranian Cabinet; 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 over a quarter of a cen8 tury without justice for the loss of their loved ones, 

9 and may have to wait even longer for justice to be 

10 served; 

11 (3) underscores the concern of the United 

12 States regarding the continuing, 29-year-long delay 

13 in the proper resolution of this case; and 


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

2 including Iranian and Hezbollah operatives, to be 

3 held accountable for their crimes. 

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