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​Iran leader lambasts Israel as “warmongering regime”

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the US Congress, calling Israel a “warmongering nation.” Rouhani said that the American people are “too smart”to take advice from “an aggressive and occupier regime” which has its own vast arsenal of nuclear weapons, adding that the world is happy at the progress being made in the Iran and P5+1 nuclear negotiations. The leader of the Islamic republic stressed that negotiation was the only way to settle the longstanding dispute over Iran’s nuclear program which has resulted in US mandated sanctions. Rouhani has said that although Iran is ready to demonstrate further transparency over its nuclear program, it will not agree to any deal which violates its right to nuclear technology.

Ukraine's ex finance minister arrested in Spain

Yury Kolobov, who served as finance minister in Ukraine from 2012 until 2014, was detained in Spain on Wednesday, Spanish news agency Europa Press reported, citing the country's investigative authorities. The Ukrainian general prosecutor's office is immediately working on documents to extradite Kolobov from Spain, the general prosecutor Viktor Shokin told Ukrainskaya Pravda. The former finance minister is wanted for allegedly misappropriating large amounts of state funds, and was reportedly detained on an Interpol international arrest warrant. Kolobov is among a number of other former Ukrainian top officials wanted by Kiev on graft allegations.

Prosecutors appeal dismissal of case against Argentine president

Argentine prosecutors said on Wednesday that they have appealed a decision by a judge to dismiss their case again President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Prosecutors allege the president is protecting the Iranian officials accused of organizing a 1994 bombing in exchange for lucrative oil and trade benefits. The case was originally brought about by Alberto Nisman who died in mysterious circumstances in January. Nisman had accused Iran of orchestrating the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center via the militant group Hezbollah. The bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association killed 85 and wounded 300, and has never been solved.

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