Iran and Venezuela Warn Against U.S. Threats in the Caribbean and West Asia
Tehran - BORNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, in New York for the annual UN General Assembly, met on Saturday with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Eduardo Gil Pinto. The two top diplomats reviewed regional developments and highlighted their nations’ shared concerns about American interference in sovereign affairs.
Both ministers expressed satisfaction with the strong and enduring relations between Tehran and Caracas, underlining the determination of their leaders to expand bilateral ties across all sectors.
During the meeting, they jointly condemned the promotion of unilateralism and the violation of international law by the United States and some of its allies. They stressed that the global community must uphold the principles of the UN Charter and the rule of law, holding violators accountable.
Araghchi strongly criticized Washington’s interventionist policies in the Caribbean, calling them a threat to Venezuela’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and reaffirmed Iran’s solidarity with the Venezuelan people and government.
For his part, the Venezuelan foreign minister underscored the inalienable right of all signatories of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to benefit from peaceful nuclear energy. He condemned U.S. and European pressure campaigns against Iran and denounced the misuse of the UN Security Council as a coercive tool, describing it as a “mortal blow” to the credibility and legitimacy of the United Nations.
The two ministers also strongly condemned the ongoing genocide in Gaza, carried out with direct U.S. complicity, warning that Israel’s impunity poses an urgent threat to international peace and security. They called for immediate action by the global community to halt the atrocities and ensure that both perpetrators and their backers are prosecuted and punished.
For Tehran and Caracas—two nations under heavy U.S. sanctions—such coordination reflects a deepening strategic partnership. Both governments view Washington’s attempts at coercion as part of a wider campaign to undermine independent nations that resist Western dominance, whether in Latin America or the Middle East.
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