(National Interest) Emanuele Ottolenghi and Toby Dershowitz - Mohsen Rezaee, the former commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and currently vice president for economic affairs, flew from Tehran to Nicaragua for the Jan. 10 inauguration of local dictator Daniel Ortega to his fourth term as president. Rezaee helped plan the 1994 bombing of the Buenos Aires Jewish cultural center, AMIA, killing 85 and wounding 229 people. In 2007, Interpol issued a red notice for Rezaee for "aggravated murder" after Argentina had issued an international arrest warrant for his role in the AMIA bombing. His presence in Nicaragua has triggered condemnation from Argentina's government. His journey back home needs to cross the airspace of numerous countries that are members of Interpol. Will they deny him transit rights or force him to land so that he can be arrested?
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