IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 597 
Condemning the attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association Jewish 
Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, and en-
couraging accountability for the attack. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2025 
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 As-
sociation Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, 
Argentina, in July 1994, and encouraging accountability 
for the attack. 
Whereas, 31 years ago, on July 18, 1994, 85 innocent people 
were killed and more than 300 were injured when the 
Asociacio´n Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) was 
bombed in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 
Whereas at that time, the AMIA bombing was the deadliest 
attack on Jewish people outside Israel since the Holo-
caust; 
Whereas it is reported that considerable evidence links the at-
tack to the terrorist group Hezbollah, which is based in 
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Lebanon, and sponsored by Iran, a U.S.-designated state 
sponsor of terrorism since 1984; 
Whereas, two years earlier, Hezbollah operatives also blew up 
the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29 civilians 
and injuring 242; 
Whereas the 31 years since the bombing have been marred 
by a failure to bring those responsible, including Iran- 
backed operatives and their Hezbollah proxies, to justice; 
Whereas, in September 2004, ten 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 the Argentine prosecutors charged Iranian nationals 
as suspects in the AMIA bombing, including— 
(1) Ali Fallahijan, Iran’s former intelligence min-
ister; 
(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 min-
ister; 
(6) Mohsen Rezaee, former chief commander of the 
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; 
(7) Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former President 
of Iran; and 
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(8) Hadi Soleimanpour, former Iranian ambassador 
to Argentina; 
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 ar-
rest warrants for 8 Iranian nationals, including high- 
ranking regime and military operatives, and one Leba-
nese 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, Mohsen Razaee from Iran, 
and Imad Fayez Moughnieh from Lebanon; 
Whereas INTERPOL currently has three 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; 
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Whereas the investigation of the AMIA bombing has been 
marked by judicial misconduct and undue influence; 
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 former Federal Judge Juan Jose Galeano and 
former State Intelligence Secretariat intelligence head 
Hugo Anzorreguy have both been convicted and sen-
tenced to prison for subverting the investigation and con-
cealing evidence; 
Whereas, in 2019, the Argentine Government declared 
Hezbollah a terrorist organization, expelled all members 
of the organization from the country, and froze their as-
sets in Argentina; 
Whereas, in 2020, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez re-
affirmed the commitment of the Argentine Republic to 
bring those responsible for the attack to justice; 
Whereas, on April 12th, 2024, Argentina’s highest criminal 
court, the Argentine Court of Cassation, broke the ex-
tended 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 Revolu-
tionary Guard commanders in its determination that Iran 
carried out the bombings in response to Argentina scrap-
ping 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 Argentina’s 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’’ 
Whereas, in March 2025, Argentina passed Law No. 27.784, 
which allows trial in absentia, opening the door for pros-
ecuting foreign suspects not present in the country; 
Whereas, in April 2025, AMIA special prosecutor Sebastia´n 
Basso requested both national and international arrest 
warrants for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali 
Khamenei under the authority of Law No. 27.784; 
Whereas, on June 26, 2025, Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas 
ruled that a trial in absentia would be held for the 10 
men accused of planning and ordering the terrorist at-
tack on the AMIA; and 
Whereas, today, Argentina is home to more than 250,000 
Jewish people, making it the largest home to Jews in 
Latin America and the 6th largest in the world: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) 
condemns 
the 
1994 
attack 
on 
the 
Asociacio´n Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) in 
Buenos Aires, Argentina, and remembers the victims 
of this heinous act; 
(2) honors the memory of the victims and ex-
presses sympathy to their relatives, who have waited 
for more than 3 decades without justice for the loss 
of their loved ones; 
(3) underscores the concern of the United 
States regarding the continuing delay in the proper 
resolution of this case; 
(4) calls for the perpetrators of this horrific act, 
including Iranian and Hezbollah operatives, to be 
held accountable for their crimes; 
(5) commends the Government of Argentina for 
designating Hezbollah and Hamas as terrorist orga-
nizations and urges other United States allies and 
partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to do 
the same; 
(6) demands that INTERPOL member coun-
tries comply with arrest orders for individuals re-
sponsible for the deadly attack on the AMIA Jewish 
Community Center; and 
(7) stands in solidarity with the Jewish commu-
nity of Argentina and the broader Latin American 
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and Caribbean Jewish diaspora at a time of surging 
antisemitism around the world. 
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