Elliott Abrams warned that the United States will “take out” any long-range missiles that Iran sends to Venezuela.

The White House Special Envoy for Iran and Venezuela, Elliott Abrams warned on Monday that the United States will not “tolerate or permit the delivery of long-range missiles” from the first to the second..

In dialogue with Fox News, the official indicated that Donald Trump’s administration “will make all efforts“To avoid such a situation, but, in the event that the weapons reach the Caribbean country “they will be eliminated there”.

The media have made it clear that while there are no indicators that indicate an impending transaction, “Iran has announced its intention to carry out arms sales and Venezuela is a clear target as these two regimes isolated from the world already have a relationship.“.

“Venezuela pays gold for Iranian gasoline shipments and there is an Iranian presence in the country. The Venezuelan economy has collapsed, so that every gold bar that goes to Iran represents tens of thousands of dollars that the Venezuelan people need to get food and medicine, ”he added.

Abrams’s statement comes a few days later to expire the embargo that the United Nations had imposed on the purchases and sales of arms to the Islamic theocracy.

The measure was imposed as part of the agreement signed with the Great World Potential on its 2015 nuclear program and from which the United States withdrew in 2018.

In August, the US government failed to extend the sanctions despite the fruitless deal. As a result, it announced shortly thereafter that it would sanction any entity that did such transactions..

However, Russia confirmed in September its willingness to develop its military cooperation with Tehran once the embargo has been lifted e China also makes no secret of its intention to sell arms to Iran after October 18.

The Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro expressed his intention to “study” the possibility of buying missiles from Iran in August, after Colombian President Iván Duque denounced him.

“Venezuela is not forbidden to buy what it needs (…) and if Iran has the possibility to sell us a bullet or a missile, and we have the possibility to buy it, Good idea, Iván Duque! Okay, I’ll do it, we’ll do it then, let’s see, we have to study it“Maduro said.

“What a good idea, to talk to Iran and see what short, medium and long range missiles they have and if it is in our ability, given the excellent relations we have with Iran, to buy missile batteries to strengthen air and anti-aircraft defense , land and missile. of Venezuela “, he added.

However, Maduro assured at that time that his regime it already has an “advanced Russian defense system” which it has acquired in part in recent years.

“For you to know, Iván Duque, ‘Porky’, since you are so brute, for you to find out, we have the ground-to-ground, ground-to-air missile defense systems, full defense of the nation well distributed in the city and territory, purchased for years from Russia, the most advanced in Latin America and the Caribbean, ”he said.

In another part of the interview, Abrams recalled that “Iran has sent missiles to the Houthis (Shia rebels in the Yemen war), so we know they are ready and willing to do the same with Venezuela and other potential buyersIn turn, he indicated that “every shipment of Iranian arms destabilizes South America and the Caribbean and is particularly dangerous for Venezuela’s neighbors: Brazil, Colombia and Guyana.”

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