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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Saudis invite fugitive wanted by Interpol for Argentina bombing

LONDON — Saudi Arabia has invited a former chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, wanted for the bombings in Argentina in the 1990s, to an Islamic conference.

Mohsen Rezai, IRGC chief until 1995 and sought by Interpol, was invited to an Islamic conference hosted by Saudi King Abdullah. Rezai has been wanted by Argentina in connection with the 1994 suicide bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, in which 85 people were killed, Middle East Newsline reported.

In March 2007, Interpol placed Rezai on its "Red notice" list, which urges members to arrest the former IRGC chief for possible extradition to Argentina. Saudi Arabia has been a member of Interpol. A red notice, however, is not an international arrest warrant.

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"[It] is intended to help police identify or locate these individuals with a view to their arrest and extradition," Interpol said.

Rezai was part of an Iranian delegation at the Saudi conference in Jedda in early June. He was also seen on Iranian television and the semi-official Mehr News Agency.

Law enforcement sources said Argentina, Iran and Saudi Arabia were informed of Rezai's arrival in the Arab kingdom. The sources said Rezai was believed to have left Saudi Arabia by June 9.

Argentina has issued arrest warrants for several Iranians including Rezai in connection with the 1994 bombing. They included former IRGC intelligence chief Ali Fallahijan, IRGC Quds Force commander Ahmed Vahidi as well as Hizbullah operational chief Imad Mughniyeh, killed in a bombing blast in Damascus in February 2008.


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