Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on the international community to condemn the 2020 assassination of top anti-terror Iranian commander General Qassem Soleimani, who was martyred in a US drone strike in Iraq last January.
President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday the US has failed to impose a “puppet” on Venezuela, insisting that he has emerged victorious in face of such plots and continues to remain in power.
Direct flights between Iran and Venezuela will start on March 21, taking Iranian tourists, businessmen, and industrialists to Caracas and bringing them back to Tehran, a Venezuelan official said.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi hailed on Monday the Islamic Republic and Venezuela for standing against Western domination and imperialism, saying the most valuable asset of the two countries is their people who have decided to withstand the hegemonic powers’ excessive demands.
Venezuela is ready to sell oil to the US, while remaining “loyal” to Russia, the Latin American country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs said on Saturday.
Iran’s first extraterritorial oil refinery has started operations in Venezuela, according to a statement by the Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji who says the project will be replicated in other parts of the world.
European parliament adopted a resolution labeling IRGC a terrorist organization. The move is a miscalculation against the region’s most unique anti-terror force.
Iran and Venezuela have announced their decision to increase the volume of bilateral trade to 20 billion dollars, as Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi is visiting the country on the first leg of his tour of three Latin American nations.