Iran's new Interior Minister, Ahmad Vahidi, is an ex-IRGC Quds Force commander subject to an Interpol Red Notice. (Supplied) By Florencia Montaruli August 13, 2021 The new President of Iran, Ebraim Raisi, presented the rest of his planned all-male cabinet on Wednesday, August 11. One name that stood out was that of Ahmad Vahidi. The [...]
Doses of Cuba Abdala vaccine are seen at a vaccination center in Caracas, Venezuela July 1, 2021. (REUTERS) July 29, 2021 Iran will next week become the first country outside of Cuba to start producing one of the Communist-run island’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccines on an industrial scale, Cuban state-run media said on Wednesday. [...]
A crude oil tanker is docked at Isla Oil Refinery PDVSA terminal in Willemstad on the island of Curacao, Feb 22, 2019. (REUTERS) July 22, 2021 A Chinese logistics firm has emerged as a central player in the supply of sanctioned oil from Iran and Venezuela, even after it was blacklisted by Washington [...]
US authorities have issued a fresh appeal for information on Hezbollah operative Salman Raouf Salman. (Supplied) By Ahmad Salloum July 20, 2021 On Monday, July 19, US authorities reissued an offer of a $7 million reward in exchange for information on a pivotal member of Lebanese Hezbollah. The State Department’s Rewards for Justice Program has [...]
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, top, during a Hezbollah "victory over Israel" rally, in Beirut's bombed-out suburbs, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 22, 2006. (AP) By Ximena Herrera July 17, 2021 Cooperation between the Venezuelan and Iranian regimes has notably strengthened over the past 10 to 15 years – not [...]
Protesters shut down part of the Palmetto Expressway as they show their support for anti-government protesters in Cuba, on July 13, 2021, in Miami, Florida. (AFP) July 15, 2021 US foe Iran has accused the United States of “interference” in Cuba’s internal affairs after unprecedented protests hit the communist-ruled island which has been [...]
Edgardo Rubén Suhail Assad, also known as Sheik Suhail Assad, established a pro-Islamic Republic support network in Argentina. (Supplied) By Florencia Montaruli July 6, 2021 The relative success of Hezbollah in Latin America is the result of a dangerous combination of political impunity and influence-for-hire. The leaders of some countries of the region [...]
Socialist leader Pedro Castillo has claimed victory following a tight electoral race in Peru. (AFP) By Florencia Montaruli June 24, 2021 On June 6, 2021, Peruvians voted for their new president in a tight race between Pedro Castillo of the socialist Peru Libre party and Keiko Fujimori of the right-wing Fuerza Popular. Nine [...]
As much as 75% of tonnage identified by Lloyd’s List as evading US sanctions and shipping cargoes of Iranian or Venezuelan crude is flagged with these registries. (AP) By Michelle Wiese Bockmann June 23, 2021 Guyana has become the latest identified registry from Caribbean, African or Pacific countries targeted by flag-hopping tankers engaged [...]
Iran-made warship Makran prior to be joined to the Navy, in Iran, Jan. 12, 2021. (AP) June 18, 2021 Two Iranian warships, thought to be trafficking arms to Venezuela, have changed course and are now moving up Africa’s west coast. The Biden administration had been pressuring Venezuela, Cuba and other countries in the [...]
