Two Iranian regime warships will arrive in Brazil this Monday, January 23

The 86th Iranian Army Flotillacomposed of the Warships Dena and Makranwhich began its mission at the end of September 2022, will arrive this Monday, January 23 at Rio de Janeirowhere they will remain until the 30.

Iranian news agency tasnim confirmed the voyage and explained that the passage through Brazil is part of the ongoing mission to the Panama Canal. However he did not specify what activity he will have in Brazil, where he has just assumed Lula da Silva as president.

The official media of the regime does affirm that the trip of the warships is part of “a historic turn with the objective of showcasing the growing military and naval power of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

the regime seeks to challenge the US and strengthen ties with its Latin American allies“Until now, we have been present in all the world’s strategic straits, except for two,” he said. Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, Commander of the Iranian Navy days ago.

“Today we have to strengthen our maritime presence in international waters and today we can say that there is no scientific barrier to growing in this field,” he added about the deployment in the Panama Canal.

Iran’s objective “is to have a military presence in Latin America, so it is not surprising that its navy announces that it will make moves in the Panama Canal,” he told The Washington Free Beacon joseph humire, director of the Center for a Free and Secure Society. “Many people write off Tehran in terms of its capabilities, but I wouldn’t pass it up. This is what Iran has been building in Latin America for the last 30 to 40 years by establishing embassies, bilateral agreements and military exercises with allies like Russia, China and Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea,” he added.

In his research “Iran’s tentacles threaten Latin America,” Dialogue Americas details that Tehran’s presence in the Panama Canal is cause for global concern, as it could be used to smuggle weapons.

In fact, Ned Price, spokesman for the US State Departmentaffirmed days ago that the US closely monitors “Iran’s attempts or, at least, its statements about its intention to develop a military presence in the Western Hemisphere”

In recent years, Iranian ships have frequently docked at Venezuelan ports, where they have been welcomed with open arms by the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro.

Since Hugo Chávez assumed the presidency of Venezuela in 1999, Tehran has cultivated an increasingly close relationship with Caracas. The Armed Forces of both countries have participated in joint military exercises in the state of Aragua and, according to the WSJ, Venezuela supplies Iranian agents with false identities to move around the region.

The Venezuelan regime’s link with Iran is Tareck El Aissami, former vice president and current oil minister. Tehran is an essential energy provider for Venezuela, whose fuel production has plunged to levels never seen before due to the combination of little investment in maintenance with the widespread corruption that characterizes Chavismo at all levels.

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