Overview

• Buenos Aires’s Federal Appeals Court (Sala I), with judges Mariano Llorens and Martín Irurzun, affirmed Judge Daniel Rafecas’s use of Law 27.784 to proceed without the defendants present.
• The decision covers ten accused: Alí Fallahijan, Alí Akbar Velayati, Mohsen Rezai, Ahmad Vahidi, Hadi Soleimanpour, Mohsen Rabbani, Ahmad Reza Asghari, Salman Raouf Salman, Abdallah Salman and Hussein Mounir Mouzannar.
• The chamber rejected constitutional challenges from court‑appointed defenses, deeming the mechanism exceptional for grave crimes and consistent with Argentina’s international commitments.
• The Unidad Fiscal AMIA must now formally request procesamientos to advance the case toward elevation and a public oral debate, with no trial date set.
• Interpol red notices and international arrest warrants remain active for the fugitives, and Iran has refused to extradite its nationals.