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An Argentine Federal court on Thursday struck down an agreement
between the South American country and Iran to jointly investigate the
deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center that local
courts blamed on Tehran.






Alberto
Nisman, a prosecutor who oversaw an investigation of the AMIA center
explosion that killed 85 people, had argued in his appeal to the court
that in negotiating the 2013 deal with Iran, the executive branch had
overstepped into areas reserved for the judiciary.






Thursday's
ruling declared the agreement unconstitutional and ordered Argentina
not to go ahead with it. The deal had been delayed anyway by Iranian
reluctance to move forward in implementing it.






The government said it will appeal the ruling to Argentina's Supreme Court.






"We
have notified the government of Iran of our decision to appeal," said
Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman. "If the lower court's ruling
is allowed to stand, it would close a concrete possibility of making
the inquiries that could lead to a trial."





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