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Calendar No. 611 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 730 

Remembering the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Embassy of Israel 

in Buenos Aires on March 17, 1992, the 28th 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 28, 2022 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. 

KAINE, Mr. COONS, Mr. CRUZ, and Ms. ROSEN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

RESOLUTION 

Remembering the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the 

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

the 28th anniversary of the bombing of the ArgentineIsraeli 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 


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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; 

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 ‘‘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 the following Iranian nationals as suspects in the AMIA bombing: 

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


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(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; 

(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; 


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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; and 

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: 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 

10 relatives of the victims, who are still waiting for jus11 tice; 

12 (3) underscores the concern of the United 

13 States regarding the continuing, decades-long delay 

14 in resolving the 1992 and 1994 terrorist attacks in 

15 Argentina, and urges the President of the United 

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1 ment of Argentina to support the ongoing investiga2 tions; 

3 (4) urges the Government of Argentina and the 

4 international community to continue efforts to bring 

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

6 18, 1994, terrorist attacks to justice, including en7 forcing the INTERPOL Red Notices and extending 

8 them when they are up for review in November 

9 2022; 

10 (5) commends the Government of Argentina for 

11 designating Hezbollah as a terrorist organization 

12 and urges other United States allies and partners in 

13 Latin America and the Caribbean to do the same; 

14 and 

15 (6) commends the Government of Argentina for 

16 adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance 

17 Alliance working definition of antisemitism and en18 courages other partners and allies to do the same. 

19 That the Senate— 

20 (1) reiterates its strongest condemnation of the 

21 1992 attack on the Israeli Embassy in Argentina and 

22 the 1994 attack on the Argentine Israelite Mutual As23 sociation (AMIA) Jewish Community Center in Bue24 nos Aires; 


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

2 Israeli Embassy in Argentina and the 1994 AMIA 

3 bombing, and expresses its sympathy to the relatives 

4 of the victims, who are still waiting for justice; 

5 (3) underscores the concern of the United States 

6 regarding the continuing, decades-long delay in re7 solving the 1992 and 1994 terrorist attacks in Argen8 tina, and urges the President of the United States to 

9 offer technical assistance to the Government of Argen10 tina to support the ongoing investigations; 

11 (4) urges the Government of Argentina and the 

12 international community to continue efforts to bring 

13 the perpetrators of the March 17, 1992, and July 18, 

14 1994, terrorist attacks to justice, including enforcing 

15 the INTERPOL Red Notices and extending them 

16 when they are up for review in November 2022; 

17 (5) calls upon the Government of Argentina to 

18 conclude the investigation into the murder of Alberto 

19 Nisman such that those responsible are brought to jus20 tice; 

21 (6) commends the Government of Argentina for 

22 designating Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and 

23 urges other United States allies and partners in 

24 Latin America and the Caribbean to do the same; 

25 and 


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1 (7) commends the Government of Argentina for 

2 adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance 

3 Alliance working definition of antisemitism and en4 courages other partners and allies to do the same. 


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Calendar No. 611 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 730 

RESOLUTION 

Remembering the 30th anniversary of the bombing 

the victims of the attacks. and recommitting to efforts to uphold justice for tion building in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual AssociaMarch 17, 1992, the 28th anniversary of the of the Embassy of Israel in Buenos Aires on 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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