Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez Monday in order to reaffirm the two countries’ alliance, and defiance of the US, as Tehran’s relations with Washington deteriorate by the day.
Ahmadinejad’s visit to Caracas kicked off a four-nation tour that is also to include Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador.
“Despite the arrogant people who do not wish us to be together, we will unite forever,” the Iranian president told his Venezuelan counterpart.
The visit to Latin America comes after the US imposed a new, tougher round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities. Tehran is anticipating any further sanctions by threatening to block the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial oil transit route.
The United States is sponsoring the construction of facilities in Georgia on the threshold of a military conflict in Iran, a member of Georgian opposition movement Public Assembly, Elizbar Javelidze has stated.
According to the academician, that explains why President Mikhail Saakashvili is roaming the republic opening new hospitals in its regions.
“These are 20-bed hospitals…It’s an American project. A big war between the US and Iran is beginning in the Persian Gulf. $5 billion was allocated for the construction of these 20-bed military hospitals,” Javelidze said in an interview with Georgian paper Kviris Kronika (News of the Week), as cited by Newsgeorgia website.
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