The Special Prosecutor of the AMIA case requested, in recent days, an international capture request for Ali Khamenei, Iran’s current supreme leader. How response, the Iranian government warned its Argentine pair that You must “correct the way” or face “legal and political consequences” since, from your perspective, the measure “violates the fundamental principles and norms of international law related to respect for sovereign equality and the political independence of states. “
Who is Ali Khamenei, one of the main signed in the AMIA case
Iran’s current supreme leader He was born within a deeply rooted family in the Chiita religious tradition. His father, Seyyed Javad Khamenei, was a very respected cleric in the community, although he had limited resources. In this scenario, and from an early age, the young Khamenei was introduced in Islamic studies, and began to train in the Qur’an and religious literature, thus laying the foundations of a life dedicated to clergy.
It went to his eleven years that he formally started Your clerical formation. His educational tour led him to renowned religious institutions in key cities of Islam Shiite as Mashhad, Najaf and Qom. During this way Khamenei became a disciple of Ayatolá Ruhollah Jomeiní, a central figure within the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and ideological leader of the regime that still lasts.
One of the main characteristics of the Iranian leader is its family lineage, who played an important role in his political and religious ascent. In detail, the khamenei belong to the Sayyidsa caste inside the Shiite Islam who claim to be descendants Director of the Prophet Muhammadexisting link through the fourth magnet, Ali Ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin.
This lineage, known as “Sadat-E Hosseini”, gave Khamenei An additional religious legitimacy within the Iranian theocratic complexwhere spiritual inheritance weighs as much as political power.
In 1989, after the death of Khomeiní, Khamenei He assumed as the supreme leader of Iran, the position of greater political and religious authority in the country. Since then, he marked a clear position of confrontation with the western world, positioning the United States as one of its main rivals. In addition, he also promoted a based foreign policy in support of radicalized Islamist groups.
At the same time, Khamenei dedicated himself to strengthening the Supreme Leader Officea bureaucratic structure that works in facts as a second government. In addition, he also extended the powers of the Guardian Corps of the Islamic Revolution, increasing its weight in internal and military affairs.
In recent years, tensions with Washington intensified and, from the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the relationship seems to have reached a breakdown. It is that while the North American country, and its allies, press so that Iran does not advance in the development of its nuclear program, Khamenei reaffirmed his willingness to continue the arms advance of his country, which puts international agreements in check in reference to this topic.
Despite his omnipresence, in recent years the health of the supreme leader became a reason for growing speculation and concern. According to the British media The Guardian, Khamenei suffer from prostate cancera disease that, although at the moment he did not separate him from his functions and responsibilities, he did light the alarms about his possible succession.
Given that scenario, the name of Mojtaba Khamenei, his second son, began to take strength as a potential successor. With an increasingly visible role within the supreme leader’s office, Mojtaba is considered a key operator, very close to his father and with growing influence on the most powerful circles of the regime.
The tension between Iran and Argentina grows
The recent decision of the AMIA Fiscal Unit to request the international detention of Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, generated a hard reaction from the Persian government. Through Isa Kameli, General Director of Affairs of America of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Tehran summoned the head of Argentine businesses in that country, Mariano Jordan, To deliver an official note that expressed a strong rejection to the judicial measure and was accompanied by a warning around possible legal and political reprisals.
The diplomatic note not only condemns the request for capture, but warns that they will go The right to initiate legal actions within the framework of international law is reserved. According to the Iranian administration, Argentine judicial actions constitutes a “Landing preceding” in the field of international relations and represents a violation of “The fundamental principles and norms of international law.”
Daniel Rafecas
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Federal prosecutor Daniel Rafecas, currently in charge of the case for the attack on AMIA – who in 1994 left a tragic balance of 85 dead and more than 300 injured -, Consider Khamenei as the main responsible for the terrorist attack perpetrated against the Jewish mutual. This new turn in the AMIA case marks a turning point, since for the first time it is formally requested The arrest of the top leader of the Iranian regime.
From Tehran, the authorities qualified the accusations as “unfounded” and said the cause is “politicized.” In this sense, they focused on the alleged influence of sectors “Affiliated with the Zionist regime” And they urged the Argentine government to “Correct the path adopted” to avoid “legal and political consequences.”
It should be remembered that Khamenei’s name had already appeared in the opinions of the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman, although a formal arrest warrant had never been issued against him, covered in his immunity as head of state.
Source: Ambito
