WORLD POLITICS Xi reboots statesman image in push to counter US on world stage 14-03-2023 12:41 Chinese premier is rebooting his image as a global statesman — and he’s already got a significant win under his belt.
Grounded plane at Ezeiza Final few of grounded plane’s crew end fourth-month stopover in Argentina 20-10-2022 01:04 Five remaining crew members – three Iranian, two Venezuelan – of the Emtrasur cargo plane detained at Ezeiza International Airport since June given permission to depart by judge.
DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY Argentina asks Qatar to arrest Iranian vice-president over AMIA charges 17-10-2022 18:11 Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires submits a request to Qatar filed by prosecutor in the case, Sebastián Basso.
Grounded plane row Judge allows five crew-members of detained Venezuelan plane to depart 15-10-2022 08:14 The five remaining crew members of a Venezuelan cargo plane detained since June in Argentina have been granted permission to leave the country.
Grounded plane row Judge takes statements from five crew-members of grounded Venezuela plane 30-09-2022 16:53 Judge Federico Villena has taken preliminary statements from five crew members from a Venezuelan cargo plane grounded at Ezeiza International Airport since June.
UNREST IN IRAN Iranians take to streets for 12th night of women-led protests 27-09-2022 14:55 More than 75 people have died in Iran's crackdown over last 11 nights of unrest sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, rights group claims, as Western nations pile pressure on Islamic republic to end violence.
latin america Twelve crew-members from Venezuela plane held in Argentina arrive home 16-09-2022 22:28 Some of the crew from Venezuelan cargo plane detained at Ezeiza for more than three months are released and welcomed home at an airport near Caracas; Seven still remain in Argentina under banning orders.
Detained plane at Ezeiza Appeals Court rules crew of grounded Venezuela plane can leave Argentina 13-09-2022 20:44 Appeals Court approves departure of 12 of the 19 crew-members of Venezuelan cargo plane that has been held at Ezeiza Airport for last three months.
Salman Rushdie Stabbing Rushdie stabbing suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder 18-08-2022 17:50 Hadi Matar, accused of attempting to murder British author Salman Rushdie, pleaded not guilty today on trial in the United States. He has been detained without bail.
DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY Argentina’s ambassador in Venezuela slams ‘hijacking’ of aircraft by courts 17-08-2022 17:48 “There is a feeling of injustice in the Venezuelan people," declares Oscar Laborde, Buenos Aires’ envoy in Caracas, prompting opposition criticism.
VIOLENCE IN NEW YORK Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after stabbing attack 12-08-2022 21:46 Salman Rushdie, the British author who was subject to a fatwa calling for his death in 1989, was stabbed today. His agent reports he is on a ventilator and could lose an eye.
Grounded plane row March in Caracas protests against detained plane in Argentina 10-08-2022 23:33 #DevuelvanElAvión rally lashes out at Argentina’s retention of a Venezuelan freight plane with Iranian crew.
Grounded plane mystery US seizes cargo plane sold from Iranian to Venezuelan airline 03-08-2022 15:46 Argentinian authorities seized the cargo plane in June on the request of the USA. The Iranian and Venezuelan crew members were kept in Buenos Aires to investigate potential links with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
argentina Argentine judge allows some crew of grounded Venezuela plane to depart 02-08-2022 18:24 12 of the crew of the grounded plane have been allowed to leave Argentina. The group of Iranians and Venezuelans have been kept in Buenos Aires since June when the plane was seized.
AMIA 28 ANNIVERSARY New York Times report keeps AMIA bombing in the news 01-08-2022 16:37 Following New York Times publication of a report attributed to Mossad ruling out direct Iranian participation in the AMIA attack, Israel stands by Tehran planning, financing and authorising the deadly terrorist strike
AMIA Bombing Mossad information on AMIA and embassy bombing counters beliefs about perpetrators 25-07-2022 16:46 The Israeli intelligence service showed results of investigation to the New York Times: suspicions that Argentine and Iranian officials were involved have been disproved, generating controversy in Argentina because Iran appears to have been let off the hook.
Grounded plane mystery Iran urges Argentina to lift plane crew's exit ban 'immediately' 21-07-2022 18:34 Iran has demanded that Argentina allow the five crew members of the seized plane to leave the country. They have been in Argentina since the plane was stopped in June.
AMIA Bombing AMIA commemoration sounds new alert over Iranian plane 20-07-2022 12:40 Ceremony marking the 28th anniversary of the terrorist attack is dominated by a Jewish community deploring impunity alongside its grief, minimal government presence.
AMIA Bombing Renewed calls for justice 28 years after attack on AMIA Jewish Centre 19-07-2022 13:32 Argentine Jews are still waiting for justice, nearly 30 years after a terrorist attack which killed 85. They demonstrated their frustration with the lack of answers this Monday outside the rebuilt Jewish Centre.
Grounded plane mystery Don’t shed light on the dark 02-07-2022 07:00 Straight news, half-truths, omissions and fake news – the case of the grounded Venezuelan plane with the Iranian crew grounded at an airport in Argentina is a very interesting case study for analysis. by Jorge Fontevecchia
Grounded plane mystery Paraguay president: Crew member of grounded plane ‘changed face’ in Cuba 01-07-2022 15:21 Mario Abdo Benítez claims that “large number” of Venezuelan-Iranian crew of plane grounded at Ezeiza International Airport have “links to international terrorism.”
GROUNDED PLANE MYSTERY President Fernández denies grounded plane has any terror link 18-06-2022 20:45 Alberto Fernández insists cargo plane with Iranian and Venezuelan crew members was grounded due to fuelling difficulties, not because of any alleged link to Iran's elite Quds Force.
EDITORIAL A motley crew – in the air and on the ground 18-06-2022 07:53 A Venezuelan cargo plane with mysterious Iranians is a random factor entering out of the blue for a government sinking ever deeper into the red, concealing as much as reflecting more substantial issues.
GROUNDED PLANE AT EZEIZA Mystery over Iranians on grounded Venezuelan plane at Ezeiza deepens 17-06-2022 09:13 Boeing 747 cargo plane, reportedly carrying car parts, has been held at an airport in Argentina since Wednesday last week, its 14 Venezuelan and five Iranian crew prevented from leaving the country pending investigations.
GROUNDED PLANE AT EZEIZA Government denies detained Iranian flight crew are linked to Al Quds 15-06-2022 16:09 Argentina's government on Wednesday rejected reports that one of the 19 crew members of the Venezuelan cargo plane detained at Ezeiza International Airport belonged to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Al Quds forces.
Grounded plane at Ezeiza Remainder of crew of grounded plane prevented from leaving country 14-06-2022 18:00 The Venezuelan crew of a cargo plane grounded outside Buenos Aires since last week may not leave Argentina, a judge ruled Tuesday after their hotel was raided in a probe into possible Iran terror links.
DIPLOMATIC FURORE Judge seizes passports of grounded Venezuelan plane's Iranian crew 13-06-2022 16:28 A judge in Argentina has blocked five Iranian crew members from a grounded Venezuelan cargo jet from leaving the country, amid allegations they may belong to companies linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
AMIA ATTACK US working ‘very closely’ with Argentina to seek justice for AMIA attack 05-05-2022 23:24 Senior government official in Washington says United States is working with Argentina on quest for justice over 1994 AMIA terror attack.
Iranian nuclear dispute Iran beckons top IAEA official with nuclear deal in sight 03-03-2022 13:05 Top Iranian leaders will meet on Saturday with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, the international official in charge of investigating their nation’s past nuclear activities.
FOREIGN POLICY Argentina, US ask OAS to discuss Interpol red alerts with member states 19-01-2022 17:02 Request comes less than 24 hours after Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and less than a week after Iranian official and AMIA suspect Mohsen Rezai visited Nicaragua.
IRAN NUCLEAR DISPUTE 'No progress' on eve of Iran nuclear talks, says UN agency 24-11-2021 16:13 Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told a quarterly meeting of the agency's board that talks he held in Tehran on Tuesday were "inconclusive" despite being "constructive."
Courts Court acquits Fernández de Kirchner, ex-officials over alleged Iran MoU conspiracy 09-10-2021 12:27 Judges dismiss case against former president regarding alleged cover-up of Iran's possible role in the 1994 bombing of AMIA Jewish community centre. Carlos Zannini, Oscar Parrilli and the late Héctor Timerman also cleared.
COURTS Judges dismiss Iran MoU cover-up case against CFK, other officials 08-10-2021 03:22 Judges dismiss case against former president and several other officials regarding alleged cover-up of Iran's possible role in the 1994 bombing of AMIA Jewish community centre.
DIPLOMATIC OUTRAGE Iran leader names another AMIA bombing suspect as official, angering Argentina 26-08-2021 23:37 Argentina expresses “strongest condemnation” of Iran President Ebrahim Raisi’s decision to appoint Mohsen Rezaei, wanted by Interpol for 1994 AMIA terror attack, to his government. News comes just two weeks after Ahmad Vahidi was named interior minister.
AMIA BOMBING Government condemns appointment of Iranian minister linked to AMIA attack 12-08-2021 16:17 Leading suspect in the 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre nominated as government minister by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s new president, sparking a diplomatic protest from Argentina.
Nuclear tensions Pause in Iran nuclear talks 'uncomfortable,' says IAEA chief Grossi 20-07-2021 11:45 Stalling of negotiations on Iranian nuclear programme until a new government takes office in Tehran puts the teams of inspectors in an "uncomfortable situation," IAEA chief Rafael Grossi.
COURTS Cristina Fernández de Kirchner demands dismissal of Iran MoU case 16-07-2021 23:51 Vice-President calls for trial against her on charges of covering up the involvement of Iranian leaders in the 1994 bomb destruction of the AMIA Jewish community centre to be quashed, branding it "a judicial and political scandal."
US-Middle East Relations US seizes Iranian state news websites 23-06-2021 00:27 US Justice Department seized 33 Iranian government-controlled media websites and three more from the Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah, allegedly hosted on US-owned domains in violation of sanctions.