Iranian minister "wanted" by Interpol

Iranian Defence Minister-Designate, Ahmad Vahidi, is on Interpol's "wanted" list for the bombing of a Jewish centre in Argentina.

Interpol has issued a "red notice" for Mr Vahidi over the bombing Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people. A "red notice" is issued by Interpol to inform it's 187 member nations that an arrest warrant has been issued by a member's judiciary authority. Interpol was keen to stress that the notice was not an international arrest warrant.

Mr Vahidi has been on Interpol's wanted list since November 2007 along with five others who Argentine authorities believe were behind the bombing. The attack was the worst against Jews since World War II and is Argentina's worst terrorist atrocity.

Ahmad Vahidi has been nominated for defence minister in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new cabinet after serving as deputy defence minister during Ahmadinejad's first term. Tehran has been quick to dismiss the criticisms and claimed it was part of a "zionist plot".

A spokesperson for the Israeli Foreign ministry said "This is yet another of Ahmadinejad's actions that prove he is a person you cannot deal with,"

Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman commented that "Iran has always protected terrorists, giving them government posts, but I think never one as high as this one,"

Speaking about the case, Prosecutor Nisman said "It has been demonstrated that Vahidi participated in and approved of the decision to attack AMIA during the meeting in Iraq on 14 August 1993"