Overview
- UFI‑AMIA prosecutor Sebastián Basso asked Federal Court No. 6, subrogated by Judge Daniel Rafecas, to order the capture and declare in rebellion Alí Asghar Hejazi, identified as a top aide to Iran’s former supreme leader.
- Basso also sought the processing of ten previously accused Iranian and Lebanese suspects, including Alí Fallahijan, Alí Akbar Velayati, Mohsen Rezai, Ahmad Vahidi, Hadi Soleimanpour, Mohsen Rabbani, Ahmad Reza Asghari, Salman Raouf Salman, Abdallah Salman and Hussein Mounir Mouzannar.
- The petitions request Interpol actions, diplomatic notifications and outreach via verified social‑media accounts to formally notify fugitives and satisfy the prerequisites for trial in absence.
- Prosecutors cite testimony from ex‑Iranian intelligence figures taken in France and documentary records such as migration cards and flight manifests to support imputing Hejazi as a planner who led the Comité Vijeh and traveled to Buenos Aires in March 1993.
- Basso told local media he has evidence to proceed to trial and asserted that Hezbollah carried out the attack under Iranian direction, as the new filings advance the case toward an oral phase.