A former Iranian ambassador to Argentina, wanted in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, was arrested Thursday in England.
Yeah, baby!
Police in northeast England, arrested Hade Soleimanpour, 47, at his home in Durham on an extradition warrant. Soleimanpour is to appear in court Friday, Metropolitan Police headquarters in London said. The warrant, issued Thursday, alleges that Soleimanpour conspired with others to murder people at the Jewish Community Centre building. The Iranian government has repeatedly denied any responsibility in the attack.
Argentine Federal judge Juan Jose Galeano, who is investigating the attack, had sought his arrest. Soleimanpour, Iranian ambassador to Argentina at the time of the explosion, has been in the United Kingdom since February 2002 on a student visa and was studying at Durham University, police said.
Awh, gee, he doesn’t have any diplomatic immunity. Wot a shame. |