Iran condemns US indictment against Venezuela’s Maduro
An Iranian government spokesperson blasted the United States for its indictment of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro.
With Washington dialing up the economic pressure on Tehran, an Iranian government spokesperson blasted the United States for its indictment of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro.
“No international law allows the US to interfere in the domestic affairs of other countries and prepare the ground for a coup, overthrow or aggression against an independent state,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said on Friday.
“The US government’s unilateralism and shameless enforcement of domestic law beyond borders have reached its climax," Mousavi added.
The US Justice Department unveiled criminal charges against Maduro and other current and former senior Venezuelan government officials on Thursday. The indictments, which were the result of a years-long investigation by federal prosecutors across three US cities, accused the 57-year-old leader of “narco-terrorism,” drug trafficking and corruption.
