Also noted in today’s Jolt, Andres Oppenheimer of the Miami Herald said that recently slain Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman said he had testimony that “Iranian president Hassan Rouhani was one of the members of a committee that signed off on the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires” — a terrorist attack that killed 85 people and injured hundreds.
Yes, that’s the same Iranian president that our administration is reaching out to so fervently and consistently.
Historic phone call in the Oval Office: President Obama speaks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. pic.twitter.com/qghFAUCIA7
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) September 27, 2013
So, our partner in negotiations may have had a personal hand in the worst terror attack in Argentina’s history.
In 2005, the first prominent Argentine personality to sign a petition demanding justice in the bombing case was then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Today he’s better known by the name “Pope Francis.”