Argentina's government has asked Interpol to arrest Iran's Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi over the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and left 300 injured, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

Vahidi is part of an Iranian delegation currently visiting Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and Interpol has issued a red alert seeking his arrest at the request of Argentina, the portfolio headed by Diana Mondino said in a statement.

Argentina has also asked those two governments to arrest Vahidi, it added. Interpol's Central Bureau in Lyon has issued a Red Notice for his arrest, Noticias Argentinas reported on Tuesday night.

In parallel, Interpol's Buenos Aires bureau communicated with the its counterpart in Islamabad to request it proceed with an arrest with a view to extradition to Argentina.