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Iran’s Threat in the Western Hemisphere
General Context
• Relationship In just the last 5 years,
Iran and Venezuela
have created a vast
economic, political, and
operational
relationship, which
both countries use to
advance their
asymmetric strategies
in the USA’s own
neighborhood.
• Projects The $30 billion inventory
of joint projects and
commercial transactions
and the broad range of
cooperation (diplomatic,
military, commercial,
financial, industrial,
energy, petrochemical, and
many others) makes Iran’s
relationship with
Venezuela one of its most
important partnerships in
the world.
• Platform Iran uses Venezuela to
project its influence and
activities in the Americas,
to evade international
sanctions, and to harvest
uranium and other strategic
minerals in the region – all
with the aim of aiding its
illegal nuclear program and
challenging the USA and
international security.
Areas of Cooperation
Area 1: 2004
Area 2: 2006
Area 3: 2005
Area 4: 2007
Area 5: 2007
Area 6: 2005
Financial Infrastructure
Industrial Infrastructure
Technical Cooperation
Nuclear Technology and Uranium Mine
Military Cooperation
Terrorism and Drug Trafficking
1. Financial Infrastructure
2. Tractor Factory
3. Cement Plant
4. Gold Mine
5. Energy Sector
6. Chemical Plant
7. Car Assembly Plant
8. Bicycle Factory
9. Tuna Processing Plant
10. Dairy Products Plant
11. Corn Flour Plant
12. Housing Development
13. Weapon Factory
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Iran’s Significant Presence in Venezuela
Venezuela Supports Iran’s Evasion of Sanctions
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Iranian Government
Iranian Companies (Iran
Revolutionary Guard Corps)
Iranian Subsidiaries’
Companies in Venezuela
Venezuelan Government
(PDVSA)
Venezuela Financial System
International Financial System
Evasion of International
Restrictions on Iran’s Access to Financial
System
Incorporation of a Venezuelan Commercial Bank
Notes:
Rahim Faramarzi, CEO
Banco Toseyeh Saderat Iran C.A.
Industrial Sector
• VENEIRAN (Bolivar State) Tractor Factory
• Edhasse Sanat (Monagas State) Urbanización Los Tucanes NO. 22, Maturín, Estado Monagas
Cement Plant
• FANABI (Cojedes State) Bicycle Factory
• Impasco (Bolivar State) Gold Mine
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Iran’s ‘Tractor’ Factory: Venelran Military-Style Compound with Iranian Security
Building 1
Building 2
Building 3
High-Security Facility
Iran’s ‘Tractor’ Factory: Intended Recipient of Bomb-Making Materials and Lab
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Iran’s ‘Tractor’ Factory ‘Barrels of nitrate and sulfite chemicals’
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Transportation Industry
Regular Flights
Route: Caracas – Damascus – Teheran
Aircraft: Boeing 747 SP
Tail Number: EP-IAD
Regular Flights
Route: Caracas – Damascus – Teheran
Aircraft: Airbus 340-211
Tail Number: YV 1004
Transportation Industry
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Net loss for 3 years operations
USD $ 30,140,776.42
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CONVIASA: Cargo Facility
Energy
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Rafael D. Ramirez C. President, PDVSA
Cousins
Ilich Ramirez Sanchez AKA: Carlos ‘the Jackal’, Ramirez’ cousin
Rafael D. Ramirez C. President, PDVSA
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Iran and Venezuela’s Ministers of Defense (Mostafa Mohammed Najjar and Ramon Carrizalez), signing an agreement of military cooperation on April 30, 2009 in Caracas
Military
Military
Training of the Venezuelan Armed
Forces in asymmetric war
and techniques to sabotage the
energy infrastructure.
Army, Navy and Militias
Explosive plant in Carabobo State
CAVIM
Overhauling for the Venezuela’s combat plane F-5 by Iranian
Air Force
Air Force
Infrastructure and machinery to build
bombs, Bolivar State.
Tractor Factory Veneiran
Unnamed Aerial Vehicles
M2 42 Planes Maracay
Aragua State
CAVIM AIO
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Iranian Cooperation in ‘Nuclear Technology’
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Iranian Cooperation in ‘Nuclear Technology’
Notes: • Cooperation “in the field of
nuclear technology….”
• Accord signed Nov. 14, 2007
Venezuela’s ‘Nuclear Power Program’
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Iranian Cooperation in ‘Nuclear Technology’
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Notes: • Internal Document
• Discloses Nuclear program years before Chavez admitted to have one
Workshop on Steps for Conducting Nuclear Power Plant Technology Assessments, Vienna, Austria, 17-20 November 2008
CEA
• The Atomic Energy Committee (CEA) is our “Nuclear
Energy Programme implementing Organization (NEPIO)1
since 2007.
• The CEA is conformed by
– Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT)
– Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MENPET)
– Ministry of Basic Industries and Mining (MIBAM)
– Electric Companies (CORPOELEC)
– Universities (UCV, USB)
1 NEPIO is the designation used in the IAEA by the guide “Milestones in the Development of a National Infrastructure for
Nuclear Power”
Funding Venezuela’s Nuclear Program
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Notes: • Roughly $50 Million for
“Science and Technology” Program
Funding Venezuela’s Nuclear Program
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Notes: • “Peaceful use of
Nuclear Energy”
• Chavez personal approval
Venezuela’s Nuclear Program
11/14/2011 25
Notes: • Russian deal signed days
after Chavez says he is only “studying” nuclear energy…
• Same firm that built Bushehr Nuclear Reactor
Uranium in Venezuela’s Roraima Basin
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Notes: • Among the largest
deposits of uranium in the world
• Canadians are mining “uranium” in Guyana…
Iran’s “Gold” Mine (Impasco – Minerven)
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Iran Strikes ‘Gold’ in Uranium Basin
11/14/2011 28
“Gold” Mine
Notes: • Canadians are mining
“uranium” in Guyana… Iranians mining “gold” in Venezuela
• Export of uranium to Iran would be an apparent violation of UN sanctions
• Eyewitnesses say ore processed at Iranian “cement plant” and loaded on barges on Orinoco River
Uranium Reserves in Venezuela
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Prospección de Uranio en la
Republica Bolivariana de
Venezuela
Deciembre 2010
Notes: • Iran discovered
Uranium in Venezuela in 2007
Uranium Reserves in Venezuela
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Notes: • Thousands of
samples taken throughout the country
Uranium Reserves in Venezuela
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Ubicación de muestras geoquímicas tomadas por el Proyecto Irán – Venezuela Etapa I
Title: Location of geochemical
samples taken
Iran – Venezuela Project: Phase 1
(Uranium exploration)
Uranium Reserves in Venezuela
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Results Iranian Study: Location of geochemical
samples taken
Regional Geoquimical Explorations in Timotes,
Merida State
(Uranium exploration)
Uranium Reserves in Venezuela
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Title: Distribution Map of
Uranium
Regional Geoquimical
Explorations in Timotes,
Merida State
September 2007
Geological Survey of Iran
Instituto Nacional de Geologia y
Mineria
Venezuela
Terrorism: Hezbollah in Venezuela
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Ghazi Atef Salameh Nassereddine Abu Ali
Terrorism: Hezbollah in Venezuela
11/14/2011 36
Birth Certificate Spanish Translation
Terrorism: Hezbollah in Venezuela
Ghazi Atef Salameh Nassereddine Abu Ali
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June 18, 2008hp-1036
Treasury Targets Hizballah in Venezuela
Washington - The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated twoVenezuela-based supporters of Hizballah, Ghazi Nasr al Din and Fawzi Kan'an,along with two travel agencies owned and controlled by Kan'an.
"It is extremely troubling to see the Government of Venezuela employing andproviding safe harbor to Hizballah facilitators and fundraisers. We will continue toexpose the global nature of Hizballah's terrorist support network, and we call onresponsible governments worldwide to disrupt and dismantle this activity," saidAdam J. Szubin, Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Today's action was taken pursuant to Executive Order 13224, which targetsterrorists, those owned or controlled by or acting for or on behalf of terrorists, andthose providing financial, technological, or material support to terrorists or acts ofterrorism. Assets the designees hold under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen and U.S.persons are prohibited from engaging in transactions in property or interests inproperty blocked under the order.
Identifying Information
GHAZI NASR AL DIN
Ghazi Nasr al Din is a Venezuela-based Hizballah supporter who has utilized hisposition as a Venezuelan diplomat and the president of a Caracas-based Shi'aIslamic Center to provide financial support to Hizballah. Nasr al Din served untilrecently as Charge d' Affaires at the Venezuelan Embassy in Damascus, Syria,and was subsequently appointed the Director of Political Aspects at theVenezuelan Embassy in Lebanon.
Nasr al Din has counseled Hizballah donors on fundraising efforts and hasprovided donors with specific information on bank accounts where the donors'deposits would go directly to Hizballah.
Ghazi Nasr al Din has met with senior Hizballah officials in Lebanon to discussoperational issues, as well as facilitated the travel of Hizballah members to andfrom Venezuela. In late January 2006, Nasr al Din facilitated the travel of twoHizballah representatives to the Lebanese Parliament to Caracas to solicitdonations for Hizballah and to announce the opening of a Hizballah-sponsoredcommunity center and office in Venezuela. The previous year, Nasr al Dinarranged the travel of Hizballah members to attend a training course in Iran.
AKAs: Haj Ghazi Nasseredine
Ghazi Nassereddine
Gazi Nasseridine
Gazi Nasser El-Din
Ghazil Nasser Al-Din
Haj Ghazzi Nassereddine
Ghassan Attef Salame Nasserddine
Ghassan Nasr El Din Ghassan
June 18, 2008hp-1036
Treasury Targets Hizballah in Venezuela
Washington - The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated two
Venezuela-based supporters of Hizballah, Ghazi Nasr al Din and Fawzi Kan'an,along with two travel agencies owned and controlled by Kan'an.
"It is extremely troubling to see the Government of Venezuela employing andproviding safe harbor to Hizballah facilitators and fundraisers. We will continue toexpose the global nature of Hizballah's terrorist support network, and we call onresponsible governments worldwide to disrupt and dismantle this activity," saidAdam J. Szubin, Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Today's action was taken pursuant to Executive Order 13224, which targetsterrorists, those owned or controlled by or acting for or on behalf of terrorists, andthose providing financial, technological, or material support to terrorists or acts ofterrorism. Assets the designees hold under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen and U.S.persons are prohibited from engaging in transactions in property or interests inproperty blocked under the order.
Identifying Information
GHAZI NASR AL DIN
Ghazi Nasr al Din is a Venezuela-based Hizballah supporter who has utilized hisposition as a Venezuelan diplomat and the president of a Caracas-based Shi'aIslamic Center to provide financial support to Hizballah. Nasr al Din served untilrecently as Charge d' Affaires at the Venezuelan Embassy in Damascus, Syria,and was subsequently appointed the Director of Political Aspects at theVenezuelan Embassy in Lebanon.
Nasr al Din has counseled Hizballah donors on fundraising efforts and hasprovided donors with specific information on bank accounts where the donors'deposits would go directly to Hizballah.
Ghazi Nasr al Din has met with senior Hizballah officials in Lebanon to discussoperational issues, as well as facilitated the travel of Hizballah members to andfrom Venezuela. In late January 2006, Nasr al Din facilitated the travel of two
Hizballah representatives to the Lebanese Parliament to Caracas to solicitdonations for Hizballah and to announce the opening of a Hizballah-sponsoredcommunity center and office in Venezuela. The previous year, Nasr al Dinarranged the travel of Hizballah members to attend a training course in Iran.
AKAs: Haj Ghazi Nasseredine
Ghazi Nassereddine
Gazi Nasseridine
Gazi Nasser El-Din
Ghazil Nasser Al-Din
Haj Ghazzi Nassereddine
Ghassan Attef Salame Nasserddine
Ghassan Nasr El Din Ghassan
Terrorism: Hezbollah in Venezuela
Terrorist Training: City of Qom
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Terrorist Training: City of Qom
11/14/2011 39
Notes: • Recruiter:
• Rouhollah Kiyaei Nejad
• Cover of Iran Air
• Network of “Islamic Centers” for proselytisms and recruitment
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Terrorist Network: Structure
Mohsen Rabbani Universidad Islámica de Irán
Ciudad de Qom, IRAN
Joao Adriano Olivera da Silva
Centro Islámico de Belo Jardim
Brasil
Munir Valencia
Centro Cultural Islámico la Ciudad del Profeta
Colombia
Sheij Rouhollah Kiyaei Nejad
Centro Islámico
Imán Khomeini – Simón Bolívar
Venezuela
Sheij Seied Abdala Medina
Mesquita Al-Imam
Argentina
Shaij Mahmud Aid
Centro Chileno Islámico de Cultura de Puerto Montt
Chile
Sheij Suhail Assad
Encargado de dirigir los centros en América Latina
Gobiernos de Irán y Venezuela
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Terrorist Network: Structure
Terrorism: Hezbollah in Venezuela
Abdul Ghani
Suleiman Wanked
(Lebanon)
Dante Rafael Rivas
Quijada (Director of
Saime)
Walid Makled Garcia
Kingpin List
Imad Saab Saab
(Venezuelan Ambasador
in Syria)
Tareck Zaidan
El Aissami Maddah
(Minister of Interior)
Army General
Aref Rachani Jimenez
(CAVIM President
and PDVSA Director)
Edmundo Kabchi
Raymundo Kabchi
Caroni Group
(Bolivar State)
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11/14/2011 43
Zoed Karam
Venezuelan
Ambassador in
Lebanon
Terrorism: Hezbollah in Venezuela
11/14/2011 44
Venezuela Terrorism: Hezbollah
11/14/2011 45
Terrorism: Hezbollah in Venezuela
Caracas Terrorist Summit Hezbollah – Hamas – Islamic Jihad
11/14/2011 46
Notes: • Internal Memorandum
from Venezuelan embassy in Damascus reveals plans for terror meeting
• Venezuelan and Iranian envoys met in May 2010
• Venezuelan “diplomat” sanctioned by US Treasury in 2008 for aiding Hezbollah attended
11/14/2011 47
Caracas Terrorist Summit Hezbollah – Hamas – Islamic Jihad
Notes: • Original plan called for
Chavez to meet Ahmadinejad and Nasrallah in Lebanon
• Instead, terror leaders were hosted in Caracas in August 2010
Khaled Meshaal
Hamas
11/14/2011 48
Caracas Terrorist Summit Hezbollah – Hamas – Islamic Jihad
Arms Trafficking
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Notes: • Francop Cargo Ship
• Captured by the Israeli Navy
• 500 Tons of Weapons: November 2009
Arms Trafficking
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Notes: • Francop Cargo Ship
• Captured by the Israeli Navy
• 500 Tons of Weapons – November 2009
Iran’s Connections in the Region
Venezuela Main operating base in
the region
Panama Financial Sector
Brazil Financial Sector and
Uranium
Ecuador Minerals Trade
Honduras Maintenance facility for
Iranian ‘tractors’
Bolivia Cement plant
Argentina Financing of Joint Projects
in Venezuela
11/14/2011 51
Iran’s Connections: Ecuador
11/14/2011 52
Notes:
•Bi-national agreement with Ecuador concerning geological mining
11/14/2011 53
Iran’s Connections: Ecuador
Notes:
•Ecuador Ministry of Mining and Petroleum
•Iran Ministry of Industry
11/14/2011 54
Iran’s Connections: Ecuador
Notes:
•$28,973,680 payment
•Dr. José Serrano Salgalo, Under Secretary of Mines, Ecuador
•Sr. M.T. Korei, Vice-Minister and Director of Geological and Mineral Exploration of the Islamic Republic of Iran
11/14/2011 55
Iran’s Connections: Argentina
Notes:
•Venezuela, Argentina and Iran
11/14/2011 56
Iran’s Connections: Argentina
Notes:
•Venezuela, Argentina and Iran
11/14/2011 57
Iran’s Connections: Argentina
Notes:
•Venezuela, Argentina and Iran
•From China Fund
•250 Million Dollars
USA / Venuezuela Security Issues
Threats:
•Iran’s radicalizing influence in the Americas
•Nuclear technology
•Uranium mining, source of nuclear armament production
•Missile launch capability and closeness to USA
•Hezbollah in Venezuela
•Drug trafficking
•USA southern border insecurity
Iran, the Americas
Clear Threat:
•“The strong Iran is ready for enemy-crushing and tough response in case of any illogical and violent behavior by the US.”
•Iranian Defense
Minister, Brig. Gen.
Ahmad Vahidi, while
visiting Bolivia,
June 1, 2011
Threat that Cannot be Exaggerated …..or Ignored ‘Street War’:
•“Iranian forces will fight with the enemies with maximum might and
power all throughout the European and U.S. soil, if Iran comes under attack.” Iranian parliamentarian, November 9, 2011
‘IAEA says foreign expertise has brought Iran to threshold of nuclear capability’
•“Intelligence provided to U.N. nuclear officials shows that Iran’s government has mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon, receiving assistance from foreign scientists to overcome key technical hurdles….”
The Washington Post, November 8, 2011