This week, the eyes of the political and social justice worlds have been firmly planted on New York City, namely the 2015 UN General Assembly. Although leaders such as President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin have gotten front page coverage around the world, it was the Argentinian President who made some serious allegations that remained under the radar.
On Monday afternoon, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who has served as the President of Argentina for nearly eight years, spoke for forty minutes during the 70th session of the General Assembly. While discussing the nuclear arms agreement involving several world superpowers in relation to Iran, Kirchner dropped what seems like a bombshell claiming that Gary Samore — the former White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction under Obama — tried to convince the Argentinians to provide the Iranians with nuclear fuel in 2010.
In light of this year’s negotiations, which have been publicly aimed at limiting the Iranian capability to develop nuclear weaponry, the claim that a senior White House staffer would secretly seek to enrich Iranian nuclear fuel seems troubling. Kirchner claimed in her speech before the UN, however, that Samore urged the Argentinians to provide Iran with nuclear fuel to enrich a reactor they had previously supported:...
....As Kirchner tells it, the difficulty in agreeing to Gary Samore’s requests speak to the heart of the long suffering history between Argentina and Iran, namely, the still-unsolved 1994 bombing of the AMIA building in Buenos Aires. The tragedy killed 85 innocent Argentinian civilians, and although no one was ever found guilty of the crime, prosecutors have long suspected Iranian involvement. The late Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman — himself victim of a mysterious death just earlier this year — was adamant in his beliefs that an Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia carried out the attacks.
In this bizarre history of belligerence between Argentina and Iran, it seems peculiar that President Obama’s chief representative for Arms Control and WMDs would argue on behalf of increasing Iranian nuclear capabilities, even if for only fuel. So what happened? According to Kirchner, when Samore was asked to provide the request in writing, all communication from the United States ceased. Kirchner stated, “This message was conveyed and I believe that was the last time, after that communication, that our Minister of Foreign Affairs saw Gary Samore.”
As soon as the essential protocol from the Argentinian government was pushed further — asking for the Iranian fuel transfer request in writing — Samore, she says, disappeared.
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