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<\/a><\/p>\nA ceremony to mark the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires took place in Congress for the first time on July 15, 2025. (Courtesy AMIA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
At an event Tuesday organized by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Argentine Embassy in Washington and AMIA, Reed Rubinstein, legal advisor to the U.S. Department of State, noted that Argentina\u2019s judiciary ruled last year that the bombing had been executed by Hezbollah and ordered by Iran. He also noted that Argentina\u2019s top court recently decided to pursue a trial in absentia for the perpetrators, a major step after decades of inaction.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are important steps toward justice for the victims, and toward restoring accountability and deterrence,\u201d Rubinstein said, noting that Jewish institutions remain targets for violence today.<\/p>\n
The commemoration at the Rayburn House Office Building was one of multiple commemorations that took place around the globe this week, falling shortly after the United States joined Israel in taking aim at Iran\u2019s nuclear program and in a climate changed by Israel\u2019s punishing war against Hezbollah last year and Argentina\u2019s recent political shift. It is now led by Javier Milei, an avowed philosemite who has made multiple trips to Israel and has directed his government to pursue accountability in the AMIA case.<\/p>\n
Milei and several cabinet ministers attended the commemorative ceremony in Buenos Aires held Friday outside the rebuilt AMIA building. He did not speak but told reporters, \u201cWe won\u00b4t stop until justice is done.\u201d<\/p>\n
There, AMIA\u2019s new president, Osvaldo Armoza, warned that Iran is \u201cmore active than ever\u201d in Latin America. \u201cThe AMIA attack cannot be understood as an isolated incident,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n