TEHRAN- After concluding his trip of Mauritania on February 1, Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian of Iran flew to Latin America where he held talks with dignitaries from Nicaragua and Venezuela.While in Mauritanian, Abdollahian said Iran is at the forefront of the war versus terrorism and is all set to assist protect Africa.He also said the Islamic Republic listens to valuable initiatives by Mauritania in project against terrorism and transfers to strengthen durable peace and security in Western Sahara.The tour to Africa and Latin America happened amid claims that Iran is in its worst circumstance in its interactions with the outside world given that the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979.

Concurrent with the visit to Latin America, the Iranian Navy released 2 military ships to Brazil that likewise headed for the Panama Canal, where Tehran declared it will establish a military presence.The deployment came as a shock to Washington.

We are aware of these claims by Irans navy.

We continue to keep track of Irans efforts to have a military existence in the Western Hemisphere, a U.S.

State Department spokesperson informed Fox News Digital on Tuesday.Sen.

Marco Rubio, R-Fla., also told Fox News Digital that Tehrans capability to expand its military presence in our hemisphere should be a warning sign.

Reinforcing cooperation in face of pressuresVenezuela and Iran are considering ways to step up partnership in a variety of areas and promptly finishing cooperative projects.

This requires boosted watchfulness in the face of pressure from the U.S.-led Western pressure.During a conference on Friday in Caracas, Abdollahian and President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuelan outlined specific plans.The meeting concentrated on how to put MOUs and collaborative efforts into action.Both Maduro and Abdollahian stressed the need to foster interaction between federal government representatives from the 2 nations.Abdollahian told Maduro that his check out to Tehran in mid-June 2022 marked a turning point in relations.For his part, Maduro emphasized the requirement to strengthen ties while highlighting the vast experience that Iran and Venezuela have in handling comparable problems.The Iranian foreign minister likewise satisfied his Venezuelan counterpart, Yvan Gil Pinto, stressing the value of sealing cooperation in all spheres.Senior Iranian and Venezuelan officials likewise said they both are enthusiastic to level up their cooperation and battle harsh sanctions versus their respective countries.The leading Iranian diplomat likewise attended to the Ukraine war and chastised Western countries for permitting the crisis to linger on and for using human rights as a tool to advance their political objectives.For his part, Gil Pinto described Venezuela and Iran as 2 considerable partners in the world.Abdollahian also held separate meetings with Venezuelas Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, Minister of Petroleum Tareck El Aissami, and President of the National Assembly Jorge Rodrguez, during which he urged the 2 countries to work more closely together.Two oil-rich OPEC members, Iran and Venezuela, are joined in standing against the United States, their mutual foe.

The 2 nations are subject to oppressive sanctions by the U.S.Despite having what is believed to be the best petroleum reserves in the world, Venezuelas production has actually been restrained due to issues caused by U.S.

sanctions.Under President Maduro, relations between the two nations have actually improved as Caracas is working to reenergize the nations economy.Iran, Nicaragua talk about methods to prevent U.S.

sanctionsAlso, Abdollahian knocked the illegal sanctions the U.S.

and some other Western nations have imposed against Iranian people and entities, pointing out that the Islamic Republic has actually continued to advance despite the coercive procedures planned to halt the countrys development.Amir Abdollahian made the comments at a conference with Daniel Ortega, the president of Nicaragua, on Thursday night in Managua.

Despite the serious problems that the United States and some other nations sanctions have actually brought about, we have actually had the ability to depend on our domestic resources and make substantial advancements in a variety of different locations, the chief Iranian diplomat remarked.Abdollahian also indicated the Vienna talks intended to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear contract-- JCPOA -, keeping in mind that Washington has been resolutely seeking contacts with Tehran to resume talks on the offer dropped by Donald Trump.

We have never abandoned the settlement table since of our Iranian and Islamic culture.

We will respectfully advance the countrys national interests throughout any round of settlements, he said.In other parts of his remarks, the foreign minister revealed Tehrans eagerness for much deeper ties with Managua.He added that Iran promotes collaboration with Nicaragua with no restrictions.He likewise said that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi means to travel to Nicaragua as part of a trip of Latin America and extended an official invite to his Nicaraguan counterpart to go to Tehran.For his part, Ortega stated that imperialist and hoity-toity powers are manipulating UN chief Antonio Guterres as well as the human rights companies linked to the worldwide organization.

The opponents of world peace and serenity have continued their imperialist activities and see the whole world as their backyard, not simply Latin America.

In the name of democracy, they have supported slavery, waged wars versus other federal governments, and occupied a number of countries, he stated, including, Nations across the world have, nevertheless, had a hard time for and reclaimed their independence.

Imperialists are still proceeding with their plans and committing terrorist acts.