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Iran's Most Wanted: Defense Minister Vahidi and the Interpol Warrant
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There has been a lot of Internet chatter, now out in the mainstream media such as The New York Times CNN, about President Ahmadinejad's nomination of Ahmad Vahidi as Minister of Defense. The discussion is not as much about Vahidi's command of the Qods Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a background we think is of significance in the evolving battle within Iran's establishment (see Thursday's updates), but about specific allegations of his involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Argentina.
A lot of the chatter has been unsupported, so an EA correspondent offers the visual proof that the proposed Defense Minister is indeed the suspect sought by Interpol. In the group photo of the proposed Iran Cabinet, Vahidi is in the second row, fourth from right:
And here's the photo accompanying the Interpol warrant for "Ahmad Vahidi" for "CRIMES AGAINST LIFE AND HEALTH, HOOLIGANISM/VANDALISM/DAMAGE":
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There has been a lot of Internet chatter, now out in the mainstream media such as The New York Times CNN, about President Ahmadinejad's nomination of Ahmad Vahidi as Minister of Defense. The discussion is not as much about Vahidi's command of the Qods Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a background we think is of significance in the evolving battle within Iran's establishment (see Thursday's updates), but about specific allegations of his involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Argentina.
A lot of the chatter has been unsupported, so an EA correspondent offers the visual proof that the proposed Defense Minister is indeed the suspect sought by Interpol. In the group photo of the proposed Iran Cabinet, Vahidi is in the second row, fourth from right:
And here's the photo accompanying the Interpol warrant for "Ahmad Vahidi" for "CRIMES AGAINST LIFE AND HEALTH, HOOLIGANISM/VANDALISM/DAMAGE":
