Raisi’s Trip To Latin America In International Media.
The published analyses of the Iranian president’s trip to Latin America, in addition to examining various areas of Tehran’s cooperation with Caracas, Havana, and Managua, emphasize that the depth and strategic importance of these relations have become a powerful obstacle against American unilateralism.
The trip of Ayatollah Seyed Ibrahim Raisi, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Latin America and his visit to three countries, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, became one of the main topics and interests of the world media for a week. A trip that every media in the world covered according to their policy, but in the end even the anti-Iranian media could not deny its achievements.
In the news coverage related to the visit of the high-ranking Iranian delegation to Latin America, the media relied on several main concepts and keywords, which later became the analytical basis of reports and notes. Phrases such as “strategic relations”, “negation of foreign pressures”, “struggle against imperialist powers”, “ineffectiveness of American sanctions”, “independent foreign policy”, “revolutionary countries against the status quo”, “respect for the independence of countries” and “search “Global justice” were among the most important keywords in the consultations of this trip, and we will see how they were reflected in the media analysis.
The West’s anger at the Iranian government’s diplomatic achievements
Western and generally English-speaking media, such as Reuters and Fox News, tried to announce their analyzes and media positions regarding this trip within the framework of the coverage of the meetings and add analytical content or, in other words, repetition of their claims to the news. Some other media, such as the American “Hill” magazine, tried to publish separate critical reports about this trip, its achievements, and consequences; This is the natural and usual reaction of the American media to Washington’s diplomatic failures. By publishing a report titled “Latin America’s oppressors opened their arms to Iran”, this American publication tried its best to destroy Iran and its allies in the neighborhood of the United States of America with repeated false claims.
The initial paragraphs of Hill’s report attacked the presidents of Iran, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, but he could not ignore the positive aspects of the event. Hill wrote about the diplomatic successes of Raisi’s government in Iran: Since Ebrahim Raisi came to power in 2021, he has strengthened relations with China and Russia and even restored diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia. In addition to political efforts, Iran also announced the test of a new hypersonic ballistic missile a few days ago.
Strategic Relations with Latin America: from military cooperation to medical progress
With this introduction, Hill welcomed a president in Nicaragua and wrote: “Daniel Ortega” has introduced his country as Iran’s platform in Central America; He is the one who leads the Central American integration efforts and controls the ways of regional integration in the Americas. The President of Nicaragua, who has always described and defended Iran’s nuclear program as peaceful, has signed 20 important contracts and agreements with Iran in the last 16 years.
In the continuation of its report and to show the depth of Tehran-Managua relations, this American publication used other published reports in the West and wrote: The New York Times [American newspaper] reported that in February of this year, the Nicaraguan army met with an Iranian delegation. And the focus of that meeting was to discuss issues related to strengthening military cooperation.
