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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 758 

Remembering the 32nd anniversary of the bombing of the Embassy of Israel 

in Buenos Aires on March 17, 1992, and the 30th anniversary of the 

bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association building in Buenos 

Aires on July 18, 1994, and recommitting to efforts to uphold justice 

for the victims of the attacks. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 10, 2024 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. CARDIN) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Remembering the 32nd anniversary of the bombing of the 

Embassy of Israel in Buenos Aires on March 17, 1992, 

and the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association building in Buenos Aires 

on July 18, 1994, and recommitting to efforts to uphold 

justice for the victims of the attacks. 

Whereas, on March 17, 1992, a truck laden with explosives 

struck and detonated at the Embassy of Israel in Buenos 

Aires, Argentina, killing 29 people and wounding more 

than 200 others; 

Whereas Argentina is home to the largest Jewish community 

in Latin America and the sixth largest in the world, outside Israel; 


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Whereas, in 1999, the Supreme Court of Argentina, after 

conducting an investigation, found that the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah was responsible for the 

bombing, which claimed the lives of Israeli diplomats, 

their relatives, and numerous Argentine citizens and children; 

Whereas 2 years after the bombing of the Embassy of Israel 

in Argentina, on July 18, 1994, a car bomb detonated at 

the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish Community Center building in Buenos Aires, killing 

85 people and wounding more than 300 others, rendering 

it the deadliest terrorist attack in Argentina’s history; 

Whereas, for 25 years, the investigation into the AMIA 

bombing has been stymied by international inaction, political interference, investigative misconduct, and allegations of cover-ups, including the removal of the Federal 

judge in charge of the case in 2005 for supposed ‘‘serious 

irregularities’’ in his handling of the case; 

Whereas, in October 2006, Argentine prosecutors Alberto 

Nisman and Marcelo Martı ́n Burgos formally accused the 

Government of Iran of directing Hezbollah to carry out 

the AMIA bombing; 

Whereas the Argentine prosecutors charged Iranian nationals 

as suspects in the AMIA bombing, including— 

(1) Ali Fallahijan, Iran’s former intelligence minister; 

(2) Mohsen Rabbani, Iran’s former cultural attache ́

in Buenos Aires; 

(3) Ahmad Reza Asghari, a former Iranian diplomat 

posted to Argentina; 

(4) Ahmad Vahidi, Iran’s former defense minister; 


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(5) Ali Akbar Velayati, Iran’s former foreign minister; 

(6) Mohsen Rezaee, former chief commander of the 

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; 

(7) Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former President 

of Iran; and 

(8) Hadi Soleimanpour, former Iranian ambassador 

to Argentina; 

Whereas, in November 2007, the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) published Red Notices 

on 5 of the Iranian nationals and Hezbollah operative 

Ibrahim Hussein Berro; 

Whereas those with INTERPOL Red Notices have repeatedly 

traveled internationally with impunity on more than 20 

occasions since 2007; 

Whereas, in May 2013, Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman 

published a 500-page report accusing the Government of 

Iran of establishing terrorist networks throughout Latin 

America; 

Whereas, in January 2015, Mr. Nisman released the results 

of an investigation alleging that then-President 

Fernandez de Kirchner and then-Foreign Minister 

Timerman conspired to cover up Iranian involvement in 

the 1994 AMIA bombing and that they had agreed to negotiate immunity for Iranian suspects and secure the removal of the INTERPOL Red Notices; 

Whereas Mr. Nisman was scheduled to present his findings 

to a commission of the Argentine National Congress on 

January 19, 2015, but on January 18, 2015, was found 

dead as the result of a gunshot wound to his head in his 

apartment in Buenos Aires; 


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Whereas, to date, no one has been brought to justice for the 

1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, the 

1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in 

Buenos Aires, or the death of Argentine prosecutor 

Alberto Nisman; 

Whereas the Third Federal Criminal and Correctional Court 

of Buenos Aires requested— 

(1) on October 18, 2022, that Qatar detain Mohsen 

Rezaee; and 

(2) on June 15, 2023, that Argentinian authorities 

and INTERPOL work together to apprehend Lebanese 

nationals Hussein Mounir Mouzannar, Ali Hussein 

Abdallah, Farouk Abdul Hay Omairi, and Abdallah 

Salman for the role of these individuals in the 1994 

bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center; and 

Whereas, in April 2024, the Supreme Court of Argentina 

found that Iran was responsible for the AMIA attack and 

declared it a crime against humanity: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) reiterates its strongest condemnation of the 

3 1992 attack on the Israeli Embassy in Argentina 

4 and the 1994 attack on the Argentine Israelite Mu5 tual Association (AMIA) Jewish Community Center 

6 in Buenos Aires; 

7 (2) honors the victims of the 1992 bombing of 

8 the Israeli Embassy in Argentina and the 1994 

9 AMIA bombing and expresses its sympathy to the 


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1 relatives of the victims who are still waiting for jus2 tice; 

3 (3) underscores the concern of the United 

4 States regarding the continuing, decades-long delay 

5 in resolving the 1992 and 1994 terrorist attacks in 

6 Argentina and urges the President of the United 

7 States to offer technical assistance to the Govern8 ment of Argentina to support the ongoing investiga9 tions; 

10 (4) urges the Government of Argentina and the 

11 international community to continue efforts to bring 

12 the perpetrators of the March 17, 1992, and July 

13 18, 1994, terrorist attacks to justice, including by— 

14 (A) enforcing the Red Notices issued by 

15 the International Criminal Police Organization; 

16 and 

17 (B) extending such Red Notices prior to 

18 expiration; 

19 (5) calls upon the Government of Argentina to 

20 conclude the investigation into the murder of Alberto 

21 Nisman so the responsible individuals are brought to 

22 justice; 

23 (6) commends the Government of Argentina for 

24 designating Hezbollah as a terrorist organization 


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1 and urges other United States allies and partners in 

2 Latin America and the Caribbean to do the same; 

3 (7) commends the Government of Argentina for 

4 adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance 

5 Alliance working definition of antisemitism and en6 courages other partners and allies to do the same; 

7 and 

8 (8) calls on the United States Government to 

9 continue to support efforts to hold Iran accountable 

10 for the AMIA attacks. 

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