Cuba honors friendship with Iran's mullahs

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Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said on Sunday that Cuba honors friendship with the Islamic Republic of Iran. In a meeting with mullah-run majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel known as "Gholam Shire'i" in majlis for his addiction to opium, Perez Roque said that Cuba supports Iranian legitimate rights in the context of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

"I've come to Iran to convey the respect and support of Cuban government and nation to Iranian government and nation," Perez Roque said.

"Cuba supports the Islamic Revolution and Cuban government and nation appreciates the solidarity of Iranian nation with Cuba." Perez Roque said that economic relations lag behind diplomatic ties and hoped that the upcoming visit to Havana of Gholam Shire'i would help boost economic ties. READ MORE

For his part, Gholam Shire'i said that US and the Europeans thought that Iran would retreat in the face of intimidation, but, they should know that Iranian nation has experienced the sweet taste of independence and a national resolve has taken shape to defend the right of Iranians to use nuclear energy for civilian purpose.

Mullah-run majlis speaker said that Iran has been subject to US embargo since the victory of the Islamic Republic Republic in 1979. "The US was under the impression that Iran would not stand a single day without depending upon it, but, Iranian nation made progress and advance in all fields in the past 27 years without (any help from) the US," he declared.

"We have learned the lesson of self-reliance from late Imam Khomeini and the current nuclear facility was established during US embargo," Gholam Shire'i said.

He hoped that his upcoming visit to Cuba would serve to develop parliamentary cooperation.