Argentina president accused of covering up Iran's involvement in 1994 bombing of Jewish community center.

AMIA prosecutor accuses CFK, Timerman of 'covering up' Iran's involvement in bombing

The prosecutor in charge of the AMIA bombing investigation Alberto Nisman has filed a 300-page complaint accusing President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman among other kirchnerite political figures of “covering up” Iranian citizens allegedly involved in the deadly 1994 attack.

In the document that was released today, Nisman demands a preventive embargo of 200 million pesos on Ms. Kirchner and requests to question the President, Mr. timerman, lawmaker of head of the pro-government organization "La Cámpora" Andrés Larroque, members of Argentina’s Intelligence Office, ex attorney and judge Héctor Yrimia, leader of the Iranian community here Jorge “Yussuf” Khali and political leaders Luis D'Elía and Fernando Esteche.

According to the attorney, the Kirchnerite administration planned to “erase” Iran out from the AMIA case, deciding to “not incriminate” ex officials of the Islamic Republic in the bombing that left 85 people and hundreds injured almost 21 years ago with President Cristina Kirchner deciding a “geopolitical” rapprochement with Tehran, “establishing trade relations to mitigate the Argentine severe energy crisis, through an exchange of ‘oil for grains’.”

The agreement, Nisman ads, was considered “unfeasible” until the accusation against Iranian officials remained.

“So, to clear the obstacle, and here is the criminal (aspect), the President (Cristina Fernández de Kirchner) ordered to divert the investigation, abandoning years of a legitimate demand of justice and sought to free the Iranian imputed (in the case) from all suspicions, contradicting their proved ties with the attack. She decided to fabricate ‘the innocence of Iran’.”

Mr. Nisman continues to denounce in his presentation that Buenos Aires carried out a what he called a “parallel communication channel” with Iran in order to “transmit and instrument the orders ruled by the President (Cristina Kirchner) and, in that way, reach the illicit objectives.”

“This clandestine channel, that operated as a parallel diplomacy, was shaped up by officials, ex officials and other subjects, that had no ties with the diplomatic function, but who were closely tied with the center of power from where the most transcendental decisions of Argentine politics emanated from.”

Argentina signed a deal with Iran in January 2013 to to jointly probe the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. The so called Memorandum of Understanding sets the creation of a Truth Commission made up of independent legal experts neither of them from Argentina and Iran to analyse the up-to-date evidence.