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Iran looks to LatAm as sanctions tighten

Ayatollah vows to foil Western plot, resist sanctions

AFP, Caracas
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, facing new sanctions over his nation's suspect nuclear program, arrived in Venezuela on Sunday to start a five-day tour aimed at shoring up ties in Latin America.
Meanwhile, the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday that Iran will not falter in the face ofWestern-imposed sanctions.
"The firm decision of the Islamic Republic is to resist the pressures" of Western powers, Khamenei said.
While analysts and some in Iran's government have said the latest round of sanctions have hit Iran's economy, the country's top leader dismissed claims that the strategy will block his country from pursuing its goals.
The European Union is joining the United States in ratcheting up sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, which the West believes
masks a drive to develop an atomic weapons capability.
In Venezuela, Ahmadinejad, who is travelling with several of his top ministers, was welcomed with military honours by Vice President Elias Jaua at the airport in Caracas.
The Iranian leader will meet fellow US foe and firebrand Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a four-nation trip that coincides with rising global alarm over Tehran's reputed attempts to build an atomic weapon — a charge Tehran denies.
Ahmadinejad's talks with Chavez will be followed Tuesday with a trip to Nicaragua to attend the inauguration of its recently re-elected leader Daniel Ortega. Stops in Cuba and Ecuador will round off the tour.
All four countries have frosty ties with the United States, and their leaders have in the past four years made numerous Tehran visits to build up diplomatic and
business links while relations with Washington have worsened.
Brazil, Latin America's economic powerhouse, is notably absent from Ahmadinejad'sitinerary.
Just before leaving Iran, Ahmadinejad said that all the countries on his itinerary "resist the oppression" of the United States and share "an anti-colonialist view," accordingto the Farsnews agency.
The United States on Friday urged Latin American countries against deepening their ties with Iran.
"As the regime feels increasing pressure, it is desperate for friends and flailing around in interesting places to find new friends," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said when asked about Ahmadinejad's trip.
Chavez countered that for Washington to say "no country should get close to Iran really is a laugh," and said Ahmadinejad would be received "with great honour."