Bolivian Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani, sign a MoU in Tehran, July 2023 (Photo: Tasnim) The announcement in July by the Iranian Defense Ministry of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Bolivia, and the dispatch of a commercial attaché to Brazil, highlights Iran’s global interests once again.
However, the focus of Iran on South America might not seem obvious at first glance.
Iran’s interest in South America goes back to the Persian government under the Shah, who developed ties in South American over oil production.
Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran has worked to build political, cultural, commercial, and military ties with revolutionary Marxist countries in Latin American, such as Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and recently Venzuela, which are hostile towards the United States.More concrete efforts to develop ties through high-level official visits began under Iranian President Mohammad Khatami and intensified under […]
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