Argentina says no sign of others involved in prosecutor's death
The Argentinean government says there has been no sign of others involvement in the recent death of prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, who had been investigating 1994 AMIA bombing in the capital, Buenos Aires.
The prosecutor’s body was discovered in the bathroom of his apartment in a neighborhood of Buenos Aires late Sunday, with the government saying that he had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
According to investigating prosecutor, Viviana Fein, the postmortem exam showed “no intervention” of others in Nisman's death.
She added that there were no signs of forced entry or robbery in his apartment.
Nisman's death came hours before he was to testify in a Congressional hearing about the AMIA case on Monday.
The prosecutor was under police protection because he had received threats. Late on Sunday, agents notified their superiors that he did not answer phone calls. After opening the door with the help of a locksmith, a .22 caliber handgun and a shell casing were found near his body.
The prosecutor had accused Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez of trying to protect Iranians in the AMIA case.
During her speech before the United Nations 69th General Assembly on September 24, 2014, Fernandez touched on judicial cooperation with Iran over the issue of the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing, and the political pressure that has been exerted on Argentina by the US and Israeli lobbies in that regard.
The Argentine president dismissed the allegations against Iran concerning the 1994 deadly bomb attack, saying the investigations conducted by Buenos Aires proved that Iran was not involved in the bombing.
Under intense political pressure imposed by the US and Israel, Argentina had formally accused Iran of having carried out the bomb attack.
Tehran and Buenos Aires signed a memorandum of understanding on January 27, 2013, to jointly probe the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA), which killed 85 people and wounded 300 others.
Tehran has denied any involvement in the attacks and denounced accusations against Iranian citizens in connection with the blast as a false flag to screen the real perpetrators behind the bombing.
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