There is General Vahidi in Iran’s Cabinet, Israel Calls the Face of a New Terror Government

TEL AVIV – Government Israel condemn the formation of the President’s cabinet Iran Ebrahim Raisi called him “the face of the new terror government”.

The reason is that the cabinet is filled with General Ahmad Vahidi, who is wanted by Interpol for his alleged role in the 1994 bombing of the Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires.

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The government of the Jewish state urged the international community to condemn Iran’s new cabinet as “criminals”.

In a statement in reaction to the newly announced Iranian cabinet formation, made by President Raisi, the Israeli Foreign Ministry called the appointment of General Ahmad Vahidi as interior minister as an “embarrassing” choice.

General Vahidi is a former defense secretary who was blacklisted by the United States (US) in 2010. He was the head of international operations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), known as the Quds Force, at the time of the AMIA Jewish Center bombing. [Pusat Yahudi AMIA] in the Argentine capital. His name appears on Interpol’s “red notice” list regarding the attack on the AMIA building.

The AMIA (Argentine Israelte Mutual Association) bombing, carried out by a Lebanese suicide bomber who drove a car bomb in the high-rise building, killed 85 people and injured hundreds more. The bomber was later identified as Ibrahim Hussein Berro, an agent of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry also took the opportunity to reiterate Raisi’s characterization as a “butcher of Tehran”, noting that he was responsible for killing thousands of Iranian dissidents while he was the country’s chief justice.

“This is the face of the new terror government in Iran,” the ministry said, as quoted by the Times of Israel on Thursday. “His ministers are responsible for killing people all over the world.”

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