The government of Nicolás Maduro expressed this Friday its support for Iran in the face of the recent statements by the US president Donald Trump, who threatened to intervene if the Iranian authorities They repress the protesters who have been protesting against the economic crisis and the country’s political system for six days.
Through a statement released on the Instagram social network, the national executive expressed his “deep concern” about the “narratives of confrontation” promoted by Washington, in the midst of a wave of mobilizations in Iranian territory that has left at least seven dead, 33 injured and more than a hundred detained, according to the Iranian opposition NGO Hrana, based in the United States.
The Venezuelan government urged an end to “interference positions that compromise regional stability,” and warned that the “use of forceful language departs from the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter.”
Likewise, he denounced that they seek to foment chaos in Iran through digital media, a situation that, according to Caracas, is aggravated by “the impact of unilateral coercive measures that seek economic asphyxiation.”
In his statement, Venezuela He also warned that “such statements represent a risk to international peace and make it difficult to build solutions based on mutual respect.”
The South American country reiterated its commitment to diplomatic means as the only way out of the crisis: “the only path to lasting stability is sovereign dialogue and diplomacy, without foreign interference,” and urged the international community to “favor spaces of understanding where Iran’s inalienable right to resolve its internal affairs is respected within the framework of its own legality and autonomy.”
