Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday expressed full solidarity with Venezuela’s people and government, denouncing what it described as the United States’ “illegal interference” in the country’s internal affairs.
The Ministry slammed Washington’s threats against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as “shameful”, asserting that they reflect “the US decision-makers’ addiction to hostile policies and coercive methods to achieve their illegitimate goals.”
Such behavior “targets the moral foundations of the United Nations,” it added.
The statement came after US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the doubling of the bounty on Maduro from $25 million to $50 million, accusing him of collaborating with criminal groups, including Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio alleged that Maduro has, for over a decade, led the criminal organization “Cartel of the Suns,” which he claimed is involved in trafficking drugs into the United States. The US State Department designated the group as a “global terrorist organization” in July.
