The Government of the USA He assured that he follows “very closely” the relations that Iran has established with the countries of Latin America, due to the recent visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to Nicaragua and Venezuela.
A spokesperson for the United States Department of State told the voice of america who are also closely watching the cooperation plans between Iran and Nicaragua.
Last Thursday, February 2, Iranian Foreign Minister Hosseins Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Nicaragua to sign a cooperation agreement with the Ortega and Murillo administration, through which they seek to establish working meetings on issues that both countries consider of mutual interest.
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Abdollahian also met with the deputies of the National Assembly and with the dictator Daniel Ortega and during the meeting, the head of Iran’s diplomacy criticized the sanctions imposed by the US against his government. “They are pressures and aggressions from anti-imperialism,” he said.
Given this situation, the State Department remarked that the sanctions against Iran “remain unchanged.”
For its part, the government of Costa Rica is also following “very carefully” the presence of Iran in the region, because “causes strangeness” the visit of these authorities to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, a zone free of nuclear weapons.
The Costa Rican administration urged the international community to be “vigilant” over Iran’s presence in Latin America. “In an increasingly polarized world, with a conflict that could lead to the use of nuclear weapons, the international community must be vigilant so that all members of the United Nations commit to nuclear non-proliferation,” Foreign Minister Arnoldo André said.
The ties between Nicaragua and Iran They were evidenced since January 2022, during Ortega’s inauguration when the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi sent his delegate Mohsén Rezaí to Managua, who is an alleged terrorist, according to Argentine justice.
In addition, the dictator Ortega appointed as his “secretary and private adviser for international affairs” Mohammed Lashtar, a Nicaraguan-nationalized Libyan citizen, Gaddafi’s nephew and linked to the Libyan intelligence services.
