The attorney said that his kidnappers were interested in a cassette linking Iranians to the AMIA case.

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Guillermo Borger, head of the Amia, the Jewish association whose building was destroyed in 1994, called Gen Vahidi's presence a "provocation".

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Argentine courts have blamed Iran for the bombing of the cultural centre run by the Israeli-Argentine Mutual Association (Amia), which killed 85 people.

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The latest developments in the investigation of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires provide even more reason for worry.

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At the time of the Amia attack, Gen Vahidi was the commander of a special unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard known as the Quds Force.

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The Iranian foreign ministry said at the weekend it was "ready for a constructive dialogue and to co-operate with the Argentine government to shed all possible light" on the Amia case.

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Interpol Approves Warrants to Arrest Iranians for AMIA Bombing.

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Last Friday night in Buenos Aires, Claudio Lifschitz, former secretary to the judge in charge of the AMIA bombing investigation, was kidnapped and tortured in Buenos Aires by three hooded men who later released him.

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However, according to wikileaks the U.S Embassy in Buenos Aires has suspicions regarding the behavior of the prosecutor in the case of the terrorist attack on AMIA. The prosecutor ordered the arrest of former President Carlos Menem and the judge that investigated the case under his government.

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