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Argentine government bluntly rejects 'Iran cover up' accusation as 'nonsense'
Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 05:42 UTC
Argentina's Presidency Secretary General Anibal Fernandez bluntly rejected
the accusations by the prosecutor in the AMIA bombing probe against
president Cristina Fernández, foreign minister Hector Timerman and other
Kirchnerite officials for allegedly "covering up" Iranian citizens in the
investigation.
Anibal Fernández said the complaint filed by Nisman "is baseless" and added
that "filing a complaint against the president for using her constitutional
powers is nonsense."
AMIA case special prosecutor claimed that agents from Argentina's
Intelligence Secretary are also involved, but he refused to disclose their
identities.
AMIA case special prosecutor claimed that agents from Argentina's
Intelligence Secretary are also involved, but he refused to disclose their
identities.
"This is nonsense. It is ridiculous, a last-ditch effort from someone who
responds to other structures," the Secretary said about prosecutor Alberto
Nisman, who has demanded a preventive embargo of 200 million pesos on
Cristina Fernandez and has requested to question her, Foreign Minister
Hector Timerman, lawmaker of head of the pro-government organization "La
Campora" Andres Larroque, members of Argentina's Intelligence Office, ex
attorney and judge Hector Yrimia, leader of the Iranian community here Jorge
"Yussuf" Khali and political leaders Luis D'Elia and Fernando Esteche from
the Quebracho grouping.
Anibal Fernandez said that the complaint filed by Nisman "is baseless" and
stressed that "filing a complaint against the president for using her
constitutional powers is nonsense." He highlighted that the Argentine
Constitution enables the Executive Power to negotiate a deal with other
countries, which are to be approved by the Congress, as was the AMIA
Memorandum of Understanding with Teheran.
The official said that the accusation is part of an internal conflict within
the Intelligence Office, which he said began last December, forcing the
president to replace its head Hector Icazuriaga for Oscar Parrilli.
"Here we are discussing something else entirely," he said.
AMIA case special prosecutor Alberto Nisman said that besides president
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Kirchnerite officials and political
leaders, agents from the country's Intelligence Secretary are involved, but
he refused to disclose their identities.
Speaking with the Jewish News Agency (AJN), Nisman said that President
Cristina Fernandez and Foreign Minister Hector Timerman offered "Iran's
impunity" before the signing of the controversial deal between the two
countries to jointly probe the 1994 AMIA bombing.
"I have been working on this for over two years, because agents of the
Intelligence secretary whose names I cannot disclose are involved," the
prosecutor said.
http://en.mercopress.com/2015/01/15/argentine-government-bluntly-rejects-iran-cover-up-accusation-as-nonsense

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