Mohsen Rezaei
Mohsen Rezaei is the former IRGC chief and current Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, a senior role overseeing national security policy, foreign policy coordination, and strategic decision-making, with a career spanning decades in Iran’s military and political institutions.
In 2006, Argentinian Judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral issued international Arrest warrant for Rezaei, six other Iranians, and one Lebanese national in connection with the Iran/Hezbollah (Mohsen Rabbani) 18 July 1994 AMIA bombing massacre, a suicide bombing of a Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that killed 85 people and injured over 300 others.[1] Since 2007, Rezaei has been subject to an Interpol Red Notice for "Aggravated Murder and Damages" in connection with the 1994 AMIA bombing, which remains the deadliest terrorist attack in Argentine history to date.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
In 1998, Rezaei's eldest son, Ahmad, defected to the United States, where he told U.S. officials that the 1992 Buenos Aires Israeli embassy bombing had been planned in Tehran. He further claimed that he had accompanied his father to Lebanon to witness the training.[1] In 2005, however, Ahmad Rezaei returned to Iran and recanted his statements about his father's involvement in the bombing. He was reported to have left Iran again in 2009. On 13 November 2011, his body was found in a hotel in Dubai. Initial reports suggested that he had been assassinated by a hotel employee at the behest of the Iranian government, but the Dubai Police Force attributed his death to suicide following the consumption of a large quantity of antidepressants.[9]
It is believed that 'Mohsen Rezai likely ordered murder of his own son.'[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephens, Brett, "Iran's al Qaeda", Stephens' "Global View" column, editorial pages, The Wall Street Journal, 16 October 2007; p. A20
- ↑ Wanted profile on Interpol website Interpol
- ↑ Wanted profile on Interpol website Interpol
- ↑ Interpol press release - archive. Interpol, 20 August 2010
- ↑ "Argentina: More international arrest warrants issued for 1994 Jewish center bombing", South American Political and Economic Affairs, 16 November 2007.
- ↑ Disgust as Wanted Man Mohsen Rezaei Hosted by Nicaragua (en).
- ↑ "Argentinian lawyer Alberto Nisman was murdered, police report finds", the Guardian, 6 November 2017.
- ↑ Iran names new security chief who’s wanted by Interpol in connection with deadly AMIA bombing. Times of Israel (10 August 2026). "Mohsen Rezaei, ex-IRGC chief, sought by Argentina for alleged role in 1994 attack on Jewish center that killed 85; he's 2nd to lead Supreme National Security Council since Israel killed Larijani in March."
- ↑ Mostaghim, Ramin. "Death in Dubai raises intrigue in Iranian media", Los Angeles Times, 14 November 2011.
- ↑ Timmerman, Kenneth R. (14 December 2022). Democrats protect Iranian terrorist Mohsen Rezai who likely ordered murder of his own son. New York Post.