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Source: https://www.state.gov/standing-with-the-iranian-people/
U.S. Sanctions Former Iranian Intelligence Chief behind Deadly Bombings of Jewish Targets
(U.S. State Department) The State Department on Wednesday announced financial sanctions and visa restrictions on 12 Iranian individuals and entities under human rights-related authorities. The individuals include Ali Fallahian, who served as the head of Iran's intelligence service (MOIS) from 1989 to 1997. He was involved in multiple attacks across the globe, including the 1995 killing of Alisa Flatow, 20, a U.S. exchange student who was killed in a suicide bombing in Gaza. He also bears responsibility for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 individuals.