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Iran is considering cutting back or even severing diplomatic ties with Argentina after an Argentine judge asked Interpol to detain four Iranians over a deadly 1994 bombing, a government source said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. The four Iranians, who include a former intelligence minister, are wanted by Argentine authorities in connection with a bomb attack on a Jewish community center in Argentina which killed 85 people. Iran has long denied any involvement in the attack and insists that no evidence has been presented to connect the four men to the crime. It withdrew its ambassador in protest after being...

TEHRAN, March 9 (AFP) - Iran said Sunday it will take "necessary measures" if Argentina does not correct its "mistake" over arrest warrants issued against some 20 Iranian officials in connection with a deadly 1994 bombing. "If the information concerning the arrest warrents is true, the Argentine government should make up for this mistake, otherwise the Islamic Republic will take necessary measures in this regard," state media quoted foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi as saying. An Argentine judge issued international arrest warrants Friday for four Iranian officials suspected of involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish charities building...