Vice Foreign Minister Fernando Petrella told local radio stations an expulsion of Ambassador Hadi Soleimanpour was not on the cards "for the time being" as Buenos Aires still hoped Iran would cooperate in the probe of the blast which killed nearly 100 people July 18.
After a local judge issued international arrest warrants for four Iranian officials suspected of involvement, Menem said Wednesday he thought the least Argentina could do was to throw out Tehran's ambassador.
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