Monday 9 January 2012
Iran's President, Ahmadinejad rallies support in Venezuela
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Venezuela at the start of a tour of Latin American countries.
The visit is being seen as a bid to rally support from the region's leftist leaders as tough new Western sanctions aim to isolate the Islamic Republic.
Tensions between the US and Iran have intensified with Washington saying it will not tolerate Tehran's threatened closure of the Hormuz straight in response to the sanctions. With the straight vital for oil shipping in the Gulf the US has warned it will unblock any blockade.
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