Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during an event, June 25, 2020, in Lancaster, Pa. (AP) October 22, 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Joe Biden’s promised return to diplomacy with OPEC-members Iran and Venezuela could cut a path for a return of their oil exports should he win, but not before many months [...]
Argentina’s president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner signals to supporters during an event at the government palace. (AP) By Florencia Montaruli October 13, 2020 Media organizations in Argentina affiliated to the militant group Hezbollah are working to export the principles of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, establishing local support bases in the country and undermining local governments. [...]
The vessel arrived in Venezuela and loaded crude without transmitting its location. (AFP) October 9, 2020 An Iranian-flagged oil tanker left Venezuela on Friday for Iran’s Kharg Island, Refinitiv Eikon data showed, after the vessel loaded 1.9 million barrels of heavy crude at the South American country’s Jose oil terminal. The shipment marks [...]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Caracas, July 20, 2019. (REUTERS) By Christopher Woody October 6, 2020 Iran and Venezuela are two of President Donald Trump's most frequent foreign-policy targets, and increasing US pressure has only brought the two closer. Their ties are again on display ahead of [...]
Opponents to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro face off with Bolivarian National Guards who are loyal to the president, during an attempted military uprising in Caracas, Venezuela, April 30, 2019. (AP) October 01, 2020 The second of three ships loaded with gasoline from Iran approached fuel-starved Venezuela on Wednesday amid simmering social unrest over [...]
Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, senior advisor to the supreme leader and former commander of the IRGC. (MEHR) September 29, 2020 The former Chief-Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, says Iran is helping Venezuela to form a mobilization force. Safavi says that the process is "transferring Iran's [...]
The Iranian oil tanker Fortune is anchored at the dock of El Palito refinery near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, May 25, 2020. (EPA-EFE) September 28, 2020 The first of a group of three tankers carrying Iranian fuel for gasoline-starved Venezuela entered the waters of the South American country on Monday, according to Refinitiv Eikon [...]
Iranian oil supertanker is seen near Gibraltar, Spain, July 4, 2019. (Reuters) September 25, 2020 Tankers carrying Iranian gasoline that was confiscated by the U.S. government and became embroiled in a court ownership battle have struggled to discharge in the United States, shifting course over the last week. The U.S. Department of Justice [...]
Hezbollah continues to be a key partner to cartels in Latin America. (WT) By Emanuele Ottolenghi September 23, 2020 Last month, Dutch authorities raided a lab in a small village where Colombian cartels turned charcoal-camouflaged cocaine briquettes back into drugs. The charcoal that most Americans burn in their barbecues is not the stuff they would normally [...]
A worker of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA holds an Iranian flag during the arrival of the Iranian tanker Fortune at the El Palito refinery, Venezuela, on May 25, 2020. (Reuters) September 23, 2020 Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA has begun loading an Iran flagged large tanker with Venezuelan heavy crude for export, [...]
