Kanaani on Wednesday rejected the “baseless and unsubstantiated allegations” made against Iran in the ruling by the Argentinian court over the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires in 1994.

The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that the latest ruling on the motives behind the blast as well as its perpetrators was an amateur move far from legal and judicial rigor, the spokesman said.

He also noted that the ruling is a clear sign that enemies of the Islamic Republic, specifically the Zionist regime, are implementing a new political project against Iran, as the case was under investigation in another court.

The ruling is also indicative of efforts to create a diversion in investigations to determine the truth, he added.

The spokesman also said that Iran has over the past 30 years backed constructive measures in connection with the case, including a 2013 memorandum of understanding which it signed with Buenos Aires to create a truth commission to investigate the attack.

Those measures were unfortunately fruitless because of the individuals who were not after discovering the truth and sacrificed justice for their political purposes, Kanaani said.

Having faced strong condemnations across the globe over crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, the Zionist regime is trying to divert the world public opinion from those crimes, the Iranian diplomat further said.   

On April 11, Argentina’s highest criminal court blamed Iran for the AMIA bombing and said it was carried out by the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah. The court alleged that the attack was in response to Argentina reneging on a nuclear cooperation deal with Iran.