CDMX, Mexico.- Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, today received his Iranian counterpart, Hosein Amir Abdollahian, reported the Cuban News Agency.
During the meeting at the Palace of the Revolution, the Cuban news agency highlighted that the Iranian foreign minister expressed his intention to strengthen relations with Havana, which he described as “firm, consistent and historic.”
In addition to Bruno Rodríguez, the diplomat was received by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic.
Parallel to this visit, international complaints against the Iranian regime for human rights violations in its territory and the executions of protesters are increasing.
During the reception, the Cuban authorities once again showed their support for their ally and reiterated their gratitude for the financial support.
The head of Persian diplomacy arrived in Havana this Friday, as part of his tour of Latin American and Caribbean countries, including Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Amnesty International estimates that more than 300 people have died demonstrating in Iran, including at least 41 children. Hundreds more have suffered injuries during the repression of the protests, although they have not gone to hospitals for fear of further reprisals. And up to 16,000 could have been detained, many of whom have been subjected to torture.
Cuba’s official position has been to support this massacre. The Cuban government voted last november in the Human Rights Council against the establishment of an international and independent investigative mission to investigate the alleged violations of human rights (DD. HH.) in Iranrelated to the recent protests.
The popular outbreak in that nation began on September 16, 2022, after the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who passed away after being detained by the morality police in Tehran.
historical allies
In the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, then-ruler Fidel Castro, responsible for a long history of discrimination based on faith, said that “there was no contradiction between revolution and religion.” Even Cuba was one of the main promoters of Iran joining the Non-Aligned Movement. The Cuban dictator influenced this group to support Iran’s use of nuclear energy.
Cuba has also allowed the Persian nation to spy on a “common enemy” on its territory, 90 miles from Key West: the United States.
in 2003, the Iranian regime managed to interfere with the transmissions that were broadcast from Los Angeles, United States, in the Farsi language to inform the citizens of that country without censorship. Since it was impossible to do it from Iran itself due to the geographical distance, Tehran used its Caribbean ally.
It has been proven that the signals that blocked the transmissions originated in the outskirts of Havana.
In exchange for these and other favors, Cuba charged the ayatollah regime with millionaire credits.
Until 2015, the academic Jaime Suchlicki calculated that Cuba had received the equivalent of more than 1 billion euros in loans from Tehran since 2005. “Iran is financing some 60 projects ranging from the acquisition of 750 Iranian-made rail cars to the construction of power plants, dams and highways. This injection of Islamic capital has strengthened the stability of the Cuban regime,” the expert wrote seven years ago.
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