On Thursday, the presidents of Cuba and Iran have vowed to jointly confront the “aggressive imperial policy” of the United States. Meeting in Havana, Irans’ Ebrahim Raisi and Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel presided over the signing of memoranda on cooperation in areas including customs, telecommunications and justice.
Both countries have faced sanctions by the US, and are listed as state sponsors of “terrorism.”
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Raisi’s official visit to Cuba closed a tour of “friendly countries” that also included US-sanctioned Nicaragua and Venezuela, that share what he called “common enemies”, who are all allies of Russia.
In Venezuela, Raisi and Nicolas Maduro said they had signed 25 accords in sectors ranging from education and health to mining.
Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega os also an ally, saying the leaders had signed a “basic memorandum” that will seek to boost economic, commercial and scientific-technical cooperation.
