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  Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner charged
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Last EditedIndyGeorgia  Feb 14, 2015 03:34am
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AuthorTom Hennigan
News DateFriday, February 13, 2015 09:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionAn Argentine prosecutor has formally charged the country’s president Cristina Kirchner with attempting to cover up Iran’s involvement in the 1994 terrorist attack against a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires, in which 85 people died.

Ms Kirchner was accused of working to help senior officials in Tehran avoid responsibility for the suicide bombing in return for preferential trade deals. The case was brought by the prosecutor Alberto Nisman, four days before his mysterious death on January 18th.

On Friday, another prosecutor, Gerardo Pollicita, filed documents in a federal court charging the president and four others based on evidence gathered by Nisman. Among the others named is foreign minister Héctor Timerman. Now federal judge Daniel Rafecas must decide if there is enough evidence to proceed with the case.

Nisman’s death last month shocked the nation and has rocked Ms Kirchner’s government, with protesters taking to the streets to accuse her of murdering an opponent a day before he was to detail his findings against her in congress.
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