Not only has Iran been steadily assisting Venezuelan oil refineries, but in December, Iran defied US sanctions and sent the biggest-ever fleet of oil tankers to Venezuela.
According to a Miami Herald report days ago, the Iranian proxy Hizballah has found a comfortable home in Venezuela:
Democratic nations cannot continue to ignore Maduro’s growing ties with the Iranian regime and terrorist groups such as Hezbollah, whose dangerous military and geostrategic implications are more than evident. Iran, which insists on exporting its revolution and has Latin America on its radar, intends to build military bases on Venezuelan soil. And Europe should pay attention to Colombian President Iván Duque warning: Maduro is trying to buy missiles through Iran.
Unfortunately, far too many Western leaders are not paying attention. They not only remain clueless as to the expansionary nature of the Islamic regime of Iran, but they continue to implement policies — foreign and domestic — which aid and abet the jihad. They do this by way of their ignorance of the jihad’s motives, goals, and ideological foundations, and by maintaining open-borders policies such that anyone can enter easily, including loyalists of the Iranian regime. They also aid the jihad by engaging in a renewed nuclear deal that will see over $100 billion flow into Iran; money it will use for its jihad.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned an antiterrorism conference in Colombia last year about Hizballah’s presence in Venezuela. And according to exiled former mayor Antonio Ledezma, Hizballah will participate in overseeing Venezuelan regional elections. Ledezma called the country “a den for terrorist groups.”
Iran and its proxies have found a friend in Venezuela as Maduro also aspires to expand his regime’s influence. With respect to Latin America, Maduro is now mulling over a proposal to supply natural gas to Mexico, which saw disruptions to its supplies from Texas. By befriending Mexico, not only will Maduro, but also Iran and Hizballah, look to Mexico as a means to enter the U.S., particularly given Biden’s lax immigration policy.
“Venezuelan Tourism Min. describes Iran as his own home,” Mehr News Agency, February 23, 2021:
Minister of Tourism of Venezuela, Alí Padrón Paredes has traveled to Iran to participate in the opening ceremony of the Tehran International Tourism and Handicrafts Exhibition.
“We consider Iran as our home. Iran is our friend, fortunately, there are good relations between Iran and Venezuela”, said the Venezuelan Minister on Tuesday upon his arrival to Tehran.
Attending the Tehran International Tourism and Handicrafts Exhibition, holding meeting Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan, signing the 2024-2020 Tourism agreement, and holding a meeting with a number of private tourism activists are among his plans on the first day of his trip.
On the second day of his trip, he will travel to Kerman province to visit the Shazdeh Mahan Garden and the desert of Shahdad.
On the following day, he will travel to Isfahan to visit some cultural and historical places in the province….
Terry Gain says
Nothing will help to strengthen and accelerate Iran’s expansion of it malignant influence and conquest ideology into South America as much or as quickly as the Harris/Biden administration’s insane war against fossil fuels.
gravenimage says
Grimly true.
mortimer says
This claim is so ludicrous on the surface, that it is totally preposterous … (“We consider Iran as our home.”)
Just let the free-wheeling women of Venezuela try it for a week … they will quickly admit, they hate the mullahocracy as much as the Iranians do and it’s the last place they would live. Most Iranians also hate the mullahocracy and are trying to leave.
BlackSabbath says
Wake up Brazil and help restore democracy in Venezuela. Otherwise, you will have an islamic state in your North, fully committed to destroy you for next 1000 years.
Walter Sieruk says
That official tourism minister of Venezuela who “We consider Iran as our home. Iran is our friend.”
Since Marxist Venezuela has become a friend and ally to Islamic Iran, this then serves as still another example of what is known as the “Red /Green alliance.”
Futhermore, both of those foreign rough nation likewise interfered and meddled in the American general election to aid in getting rid of President Trump and replacing him with that despicable socialist, pro- Islamic Joe Biden.
One of the many reliable sources that will confirm this is the video documentary TRUMP CARD by Dinesh D’ Souza.
Walter Sieruk says
It should be really be of no actual surprise the both Communist Venezuela and Islamic Iran would both strive and interfere in the US general national election to have Biden /Harris team obtain power in America because they are the epitome of the personification and embodiment of the Red/Green Alliance , with all it’s evil and madness.
Infidel says
I just wonder how active are Iranian dawa artists in spreading islam in Venezuela?
James Lincoln says
Not sure, Infidel.
For the time being, Iran “leadership” may be okay with Venezuela just being commie…
gravenimage says
Venezuela has the second largest Mosque in Latin America.
gravenimage says
Venezuela’s Tourism Minister: ‘We consider Iran as our home. Iran is our friend.’
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Alí Padrón Paredes is a moron. Right now Communist Venezuela is useful for the Mullahs–but in the end Venezuelans are just more “filthy Infidels’.
Peter WF says
Birds of the feather flock together.