In February, two aircraft operated by Venezuela airline Convyasa left the Mexican city of El Paso for Venezuela.
There were migrants from Venezuela on the board, including members of the Criminal Gang Train Day Agu.
Thesis flights were the result of the earlier conversation between American special envoy Richard Granal and Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro. After his meeting in Karakas, Gennel returned to the US with six imprisoned American citizens.
This meeting especially highlights one aspect: America and Venezuela are once again talking to each other.
In Iran, however, the situation is somewhat different.
So far, US President Donald Trump has not sent a representative to Tehran.
Currently, contact with the Iranian government is primarily based on political pressure.
In February, Trump signed a memorandum of a National Security President to restore maximum pressure on the government of Iran’s Islamic Republic, denied Iran all the routes for a nuclear weapon, and Iran’s fatal impact abroad Competed.
Cheetis At the White House, Iran’s terrorist network should be neutralized and the aggressive development of Iran’s missiles as well as other asymmetric and traditional weapons capabilities should also be counted.
After the announcements, the Iranian Foreign Minister expressed his desire to talk. “It is not difficult to practice that Iran would not have nuclear weapons, provided that the objective was proved that hostile measures against Iran – including economic pressure and restrictions – would be effective.
Economic relations
Now the question is how the decisive courses of the Trump government towards Venezuela and Iran will affect the relationship between the two countries.
By now, he had promoted close political relations and cooperated closely on economic matters.
Last November, excellent relations between the two countries had so far gone that the government in Karakas had offered refuge for political leadership in Tehran in the event of a coup in Iran.
It seems that thesis plans are well advanced: according to the Chile newspaper La tereraIranian leadership members have Already acquired real estate In Venezuela.
Both countries face high economic pressure, due to large -scale severe Western sanctions, especially from the US, European Union and many western countries, including the UK and Canada.
Along with Venezuela, the thesis sanctions are justified on the basis of violations of human and civil rights in Iran.
Iran has been approved by the arrears of its nuclear program.
In addition, the two countries are very isolated in their respective fields.
“Iran lays a government of a friendly nation in the Middle East, and depends on non-state actors, Hizbullah in Lebanon, Shia Military in Iran and Houthi Military in Yemen,” Sara Bazobandi of the Institute for Security Policy told. DW
“However, since the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, their importance has decreased extensively,” he said.
“The situation is the same in Venezuela,” told DW by Sabine Kurtanback, interim president of the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (Giga) at Hamburg.
“Finally, the country has supported only parts of the opposition in Nicaragua, Cuba and Bolivia in Latin America,” he said.
This is the reason that cooperation between the two countries makes economic understanding, Kurtanback said. “Both are interested in bypassing restrictions as far as possible, or at least reduce their effects,” he said.
Iran exports sophisticated oil products to Venezuela, as Venezuela’s crude oil cannot often be processed due to lack of infrastructure. Hence Iran supports Venezuela in refiner, infrastructure and industry building.
As La tereraWeapons search as drones, so find your way from Iran to Venezuela.
For its share, Venezuela discovers Iran as coffee, cocoa, and tropical fruits -with crude oil and petroleum products. In Karakas, the government pays for Iran’s technical services with Venezuela gold.
Conceptual relations
“The root of the close relationship between the two states is therefore their ideological intimacy,” Iero-Americanist is called Sabine Kurtanback.
He said, “Both states are associated with their ideology of so-called ‘-anti-alien struggle’ against America,” he said.
“In Iran, it began with a revolution in 1979, with Hugo Chavez’s release in 1999 in Venezuela,” he said.
In the idea of the coachback, it has inspired Venezuela to present herself as a leader of a multipolar world system.
“The Maduro government is aiming for a constellation that has a US global power and less influence as the Maduro government can survive in the long term in search of only one constellation.”
As a result, oral attacks on the US are part of the ideological list of Nicolas Maduro.
Iran shares a common world approach not only with Venezuela, but also with China, Russia and North Korea.
“This is based on the decline of the current liberal order and the decline of the global power of the West, led by the US,” Sarah Bazobandi said, “the rhetoric cultivated by the country’s leadership reflects it.”
In November 2020, Iran’s religious and politics leader Ali Khamenei said immediately after the US presidential elections, “No matter who comes to power, his policy towards Iran is the same: hostility, ego, hypocrisy. Evil True face of. “
uncertain future
“Accordingly, Iran shared Venezuela’s ambitions” Sara Bajobandi told DW.
“Thesis countries trust each other and their real support is based on faith,” he said.
And yet, it remains to be seen how to develop a relationship between the two countries in the light of the Trump administration.
“Iran’s strategic course is at a critical turn,” Sarah Bajobandi was highlighted.
Trump wants Tehran to leave his atomic ambitions. Otherwise, the risk of a military strike by Israel against nuclear facility increases.
“If Iran accepts this situation, restrictions are likely to be easier, opening more opportunities for Iran to reinstate in the global economy,” he said, “In this case, Venezuela is not an attractive partner It is possible.”
However, if Iran decides to reject the American situation and continue its nuclear program, countries like Venezuela can be financially important for Iran, according to Bazobandi.
The Sabine Curdenback takes a similar view. “If America was to cooperate with Venezuela oil production in the future, it would definitely be interesting for the Maduro government,” he said.
This article was the original published in German.
