Iran Press/Irannews: Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, Bahram Ghasemi, called Argentine President Mauricio Macri's claim about Iran's alleged lack of cooperation in AMIA case "as a distortion of the truth" and added Islamic Republic of Iran condemns all forms of terrorism all over the world.
Ghasemi said the Islamic Republic is ready for constructive cooperation with Argentina, and proposed a new initiative for arranging meetings between the two countries’ judicial officials with regards to AMIA case.
His comments came after Mauricio Macri used the podium at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to call on Iran to cooperate with Argentine courts in taking to justice those responsible for the AMIA incident and another bomb attack in Buenos Aires that occurred in the early 1990s.
Ghasemi added: "As a gesture of goodwill to find facts and the truth in this case, Islamic Republic of Iran accepted the Argentine presidents' invitation to negotiate through the United Nation's tribune in 2012 and also a memorandum of cooperation was signed by the two countries in 2013."
The foreign ministry spokesman added: "Thus, Argentina government is not ready to carry out the memorandum of cooperation which has been signed by both countries."
The AMIA bombing was an attack on the "Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA)" building. It occurred in Buenos Aires on 18 July 1994, killing 85 people and injuring hundreds.
