Wanted man named Defense in Iran

The man Iran's president has named to be defense minister is wanted in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural centre in Buenos Aires, and his nomination drew an outcry from Argentina and Jewish groups on Friday. Ahmad Vahidi, who commanded a unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard known as the Quds Force at the time of the attack, was nominated by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday along with others named to fill Cabinet positions. The Quds Force is involved in operations abroad, including working with Lebanon's Hizbullah militant group, which is accused to carrying out the Buenos Aires attack. Argentine officials claim that Iran orchestrated the attack and that the Iranian-backed Hizbullah carried it out. The United States and Israel also say Iran is behind the bombing, but Iran has denied it.