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Iran headed for trouble in Argentina

Argentina's new president vows to ask lawmakers to end the country's 2013 deal with Iran on a probe into the deadly 1994 Argentine Israelite Mutual Association bombing in Buenos Aires.

Argentina's President Mauricio Macri attends a session of the Summit of Heads of State of MERCOSUR and Associated States and 49th Meeting of the Common Market Council in Luque, Paraguay, December 21, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno - RTX1ZMNH
Argentina's President Mauricio Macri attends a session of the Summit of Heads of State of MERCOSUR and Associated States and 49th Meeting of the Common Market Council in Luque, Paraguay, Dec. 21, 2015. — REUTERS/Jorge Adorno

TEHRAN, Iran — Argentina’s new president, Mauricio Macri, has vowed that he will ask lawmakers to cancel the country’s 2013 memorandum with Iran to probe a deadly 1994 bombing.

The July 18, 1994, attack on the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) building in Buenos Aires killed 85 people. Over the lengthy 20-year investigation into the incident, Argentina has officially accused Iran of involvement three times, but Iran has always denied the accusations.

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