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Whereas in May 2013, prosecutor Alberto Nisman published 
a 500-page indictment accusing Iran of establishing ter-
rorist networks throughout Latin America, including in 
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, 
Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname, dating 
back to the 1980s; 
Whereas according to the Department of State’s 2016 Report 
on Terrorism, Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy terrorist organiza-
tion, continues to maintain an active presence in the 
Western Hemisphere as well as ‘‘some financial sup-
porters, facilitators and sympathizers’’; 
Whereas in January 2013, the Government of Argentina 
under then-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner 
agreed with Iran in a Memorandum of Understanding to 
set up a so-called ‘‘truth commission’’ to investigate who 
was ‘‘really’’ responsible for the bombing, despite the fact 
that Iran and its proxy actors were and remain the only 
suspects in the attack; 
Whereas in May 2014, an Argentine court found this Memo-
randum of Understanding to be unconstitutional; 
Whereas prosecutor Alberto Nisman was invited to testify be-
fore the United States Congress in February 2013, but 
was prevented from doing so by the Government of Ar-
gentina, who denied him permission to travel to Wash-
ington, DC; 
Whereas the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation 
provided technical assistance and cooperated with Argen-
tina law enforcement officials in the AMIA bombing in-
vestigation; 
Whereas, on January 13, 2015, prosecutor Alberto Nisman 
alleged in a complaint that then-Argentine President 
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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 claimed that he had evi-
dence of a ‘‘sophisticated criminal plan’’, reportedly in-
cluding wire-taps and phone calls ‘‘between people close 
to Mrs. Kirchner’’ and a number of Iranians, including 
Mohsen Rabbani, showing a planned exchange of Iranian 
oil for purchasing rights to Argentine grain to revive Ar-
gentina’s economy; 
Whereas prosecutor Alberto Nisman was scheduled to present 
his new findings to the Argentine 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 officials of the Government of Argentina under 
then-Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner 
continued to discredit Mr. Nisman after his suspicious 
death, attempting to ruin his reputation; 
Whereas then-Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de 
Kirchner created unfounded hypotheses with regard to 
Mr. Nisman’s findings, including conspiracies she sug-
gested were orchestrated by United States hedge funds 
and other entities she considers ‘‘hostile’’ to the Presi-
dent of Argentina; 
Whereas in May 2015, an Argentine Federal court had dis-
missed Nisman’s findings against Ms. Kirchner and other 
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officials and later the accusations were dropped by Javier 
De Luca, another Federal prosecutor; 
Whereas that move raised questions in Argentina about the 
objectivity of Mr. De Luca, given his closeness to a group 
of Ms. Kirchner’s supporters; 
Whereas an independent investigation launched by Alberto 
Nisman’s family released its own report by forensic ex-
perts and forensic pathologists showing that Mr. 
Nisman’s death was not an accident or suicide, including 
claims that ‘‘the prosecutor had been shot in the back of 
the head’’, that ‘‘no gun powder residue was found on his 
hands’’, and that ‘‘Mr. Nisman’s body had been moved 
to the bathroom once he was shot’’; 
Whereas in September 2016, Argentine President Mauricio 
Macri stated that ‘‘it’s hard to believe that Nisman com-
mitted suicide. There are too many situations, indica-
tions, realities of those hours, those days, that don’t 
match with a suicide.’’; 
Whereas in September 2016, Argentine President Mauricio 
Macri called for ‘‘a definitive investigation’’ into the 
death of Alberto Nisman, saying: ‘‘I want to generate the 
conditions, which I think I’m doing, to allow our justice 
system to freely investigate what really happened.’’; 
Whereas, on September 22, 2017, forensic investigators of 
the Argentine Federal Police submitted a report to a 
Federal court concluding that slain prosecutor Alberto 
Nisman did not commit suicide, but rather was drugged, 
beaten, and fatally shot in the head on January 18, 
2015; 
Whereas, on December 7, 2017, former Argentine President 
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was charged with trea-
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son for attempting to cover up Iran’s role in the 1994 
AMIA bombing; and 
Whereas no one yet has been brought to justice for the death 
of Alberto Nisman, nor have any of the named Iranian 
suspects for the AMIA bombing faced prosecution: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) offers its sincerest condolences to the family 
of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman; 
(2) recognizes Alberto Nisman’s courageous 
work in dedicating his life to the investigation of the 
bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Associa-
tion (AMIA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which 
killed 85 people and wounded more than 300; 
(3) applauds Argentine President Mauricio 
Macri for calling for a swift, transparent, and inde-
pendent investigation into Alberto Nisman’s tragic 
death; 
(4) recognizes the arduous and technical work 
of the Argentine National Gendarmerie in reviewing 
evidence to produce credible, evidence-based find-
ings; 
(5) encourages the public release of the results 
of the investigation, including the forensic and path-
ological reports by the government, which would 
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show whether Alberto Nisman took his own life, or 
if his death is a homicide; 
(6) commends the Government of Argentina for 
exemplifying the rule of law and the importance of 
an independent justice system; 
(7) urges the President of the United States to 
directly offer United States technical assistance to 
the Government of Argentina in solving the death of 
Alberto Nisman, as well as the ongoing investigation 
of the AMIA bombing; 
(8) expresses serious concern about Iran’s ter-
rorist networks in Argentina and all of the Western 
Hemisphere, mindful of the findings of Mr. 
Nisman’s investigation and reports on this matter, 
and encourages continued investigations of Iranian 
terrorist networks based on his work; 
(9) urges an independent investigation into the 
findings of Mr. Nisman regarding the events that 
led to the memorandum signed between Argentina 
and Iran; 
(10) likewise expresses serious concerns about 
attempts by former Argentine President Cristina 
Fernandez de Kirchner and her government to dis-
credit Mr. Nisman and raise unfounded hypotheses 
on Mr. Nisman’s AMIA findings and the cir-
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