Nisman accused Iran's former cultural attache in Buenos Aires for developing an intelligence network in the region [EPA]
An Argentine prosecutor has accused Iran of establishing terrorist networks in Latin America dating back to the 1980s.
State prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who is investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, accused Iran on Wednesday of "infiltrating" South America and setting up intelligence networks to carry out terrorist attacks in the region.
Nisman accused Mohsen Rabbani, Iran's former cultural attache in Buenos Aires and a suspect in the bombing, of working continually over the last two decades to develop an intelligence network in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
Nisman said the attack that destroyed the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association building was no isolated incident, but "part of a much larger plot, in which the role of Rabbani was not limited to Argentina but extended as far as Guyana, as well as being responsible for coordinating these activities across all of South America."
FULL ARTICLE HERE: Iran accused of Latin America terror plot - Americas - Al Jazeera English
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