State Department Debunks Iranian Latin American Terrorism Links

by Stephen Lendman

False anti-Iranian accusations persist. They're longstanding. Claims about alleged nuclear bomb development don't wash. Nor do well publicized terror attack charges.

The Islamic Republic's maliciously vilified. False accusations follow earlier ones. A disturbing pattern repeats. Iran's sovereignty is challenged. Its independence is threatened.

Washington wants pro-Western stooges everywhere. It wants rival states eliminated. It wants unchallenged global dominance. Everything's fair game to achieve it. Duplicitous misinformation proliferates.

Argentinian officials falsely charged former Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyah in connection with the 1992 Israeli Buenos Aires embassy bombing. It killed 29 civilians and wounded 242 others.

In 1999, its authorities issued an arrest warrant. It cited this attack and the 1994 AMIA (Argentine Israelite Mutual Association) Buenos Aires bombing. It killed 85 and injured hundreds. Argentina has Latin America's largest Jewish population. It numbers around 200,000.

On May 29, the Times of Israel headlined "Argentinian prosecutor alleges extensive Iranian terror activity in South America."

Alberto Nisman's 502 page indictment falsely linked Iran to the 1994 incident. It did so duplicitously. More on that below.

Nisman named former Iranian cultural attache Mohsen Rabbani. He was Tehran's alleged Latin American clandestine activities coordinator.

He fabricated Iran's so-called "dual use of diplomatic offices, cultural or charity associations and even mosques, as coverage to hide illegal activities."

He claimed the 1994 incident wasn't "an isolated event." It's "part of a bigger image, dominated by the strong and aggressive Iranian infiltration in the region in which Rabbani did not limit himself to Argentina."

(B)ased on the gathered evidence, his activities (extended) to Guyana and to several South American countries."

"Based on countless reports, evidence, testimonies, court and investigative records related to other countries of the region, North America and Europe - including rulings of foreign courts against the Iranian regime - (his activities supposedly) proved the identical decision-making mechanism, planning and execution of terrorist attacks verified in different countries, which were judicially attributed to Iranian intelligence agents."

Latin American countries named include