Court blocks Argentina-Iran deal on probe
Agreement to form truth commission to investigate deadly 1994 bombing of Jewish centre declared unconstitutional.
Published On 17 May 2014
A controversial deal struck between the governments of Argentina and Iran has been declared unconstitutional. The agreement would have created a “truth commission” to investigate a bomb attack on a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires in 1994 that killed 85 people and wounded 300 others.
Argentina’s Jewish community had criticised the deal.
Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from Buenos Aires.