Friday, June 16, 2023

Iran's President Finishes Three-Nation Latin American Visit

Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel, right, sits across the table from Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, alongside their their delegations at Revolution Palace in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, June 15, 2023. (Yamil Lage/Pool photo via AP)  

Reuters: Cuba, Iran presidents meet in Havana, vow to confront 'Yankee imperialism' 

HAVANA (Reuters) -Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met with Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday, his last stop on a three-nation Latin American tour aimed at shoring up support among Latin American allies saddled, like Iran, by U.S. sanctions. 

Raisi told reporters at a trade forum in Havana early on Thursday that Cuba and Iran would seek opportunities to work together in electricity generation, biotechnology, and mining, among other areas. 

"The conditions and circumstances in which Cuba and Iran find themselves today have many things in common," Raisi said in a conversation with Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel. "Every day our relations grow stronger."  

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WNU Editor: This caps a trip to Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba for the Iranian President .... Iran's president travels to Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela in anti-US blitz (Al-Monitor).  

Update #1: Iran, Cuba vow to confront US 'aggressive imperial policy' -- AFP  

Update #2: Iranian president rips US sanctions -- The Hill  

WNU Editor: Some in the U.S. Congress are taking notice .... Iran expanding influence 'with impunity' in America's backyard, congresswoman says (FOX News).

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