INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
This alliance challenges United States and Western sanctions, highlighting growing cooperation between two isolated regimes.In November
2024, Iranian officials, including Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, visited Caracas for the 10th Joint Commission on Iran-Venezuela
The base trains Venezuelan personnel to use advanced drones like the Mohajer-6 and Shahed-131, which have been deployed in conflicts such as
through a gold-for-oil scheme
Iran supplies fuel to Venezuela in exchange for gold bars, which are smuggled into markets like Turkey via Mahan Air flights between Caracas
Revolutionary Guard Corps linked to groups like Hezbollah and Hamas.Maduro has also offered asylum guarantees to Iranian officials facing
potential crises in Tehran
