Israel's Foreign Ministry has condemned Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi's appointment of Ahmad Vahidi as Iran's new interior minister on Wednesday.Ahmad Vahidi, a commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, was Iran's defense minister from 2009-2013 under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency.Vahidi is wanted by international law enforcement body Interpol since 2007 for his alleged involvement in the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people.
Iran's new interior minister was also blacklisted by the US government in 2010.The Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat released a statement on Twitter, calling on the international community to denounce the appointment of Vahidi."This is the face of Iran's new terror government led by president Raisi, who is responsible for the murder of thousands of Iranians," the statement reads.אלו הם הפנים של ממשלת הטרור החדשה באיראן: הנשיא ראיסי, ״הקצב מטהרן״, אחראי לרצח של אלפי איראנים והשרים אחראים לרציחתם של אנשים בעולם כולו.
— Lior Haiat (@LiorHaiat) August 11, 2021