Iran’s influence in Latin America is a dangerous reminder for regional leaders
The attendance of AMIA bomb suspect Mohsen Rezaei at a Nicaragua ceremony is just one sign of Tehran’s growing foothold in the region
FEB 5, 2022, 12:49 PM
On January 10, 2022 Mohsen Rezaei, Iran’s Vice President for economic affairs, attended the inauguration of the autocratic Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega as a guest of honor.
Rezaei is a wanted man, subject to an Argentinean arrest warrant on the charge of being involved in the 1994 bombing of the Jewish Community Center of AMIA in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people. With solid evidence pointing to his direct involvement, he is also subject to an Interpol Red notice which “instructs law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest that person pending extradition, surrender or similar legal action.”
He is one of twelve officials in Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s government who are under international sanctions for terrorist crimes and other illicit activities. President Ortega, himself viewed as an authoritarian leader ruthlessly oppressing opposition groups in Nicaragua, welcomed Rezaei alongside the autocratic presidents of Venezuela and Cuba, to his swearing-in ceremony.
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Source: The Times of Israel
URL: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/irans-influence-in-latin-america-a-dangerous-reminder-for-regional-leaders/