Iran (Hezbollah, Hamas) Influence and Activities in Venezuela and

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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
Financial Infrastructure
Area 2: 2006
Industrial Infrastructure
Area 3: 2005
Technical Cooperation
Area 4: 2007
Nuclear Technology and Uranium Mine
Area 5: 2007
Military Cooperation
Area 6: 2005
Terrorism and Drug Trafficking
Iran’s Significant Presence
in Venezuela
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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4
Venezuela Supports
Iran’s Evasion of Sanctions
Evasion of
International
Restrictions on Iran’s
Access to Financial
System
Iranian
Government
Iranian Companies
(Iran
Revolutionary
Guard Corps)
Iranian
Subsidiaries’
Companies in
Venezuela
International
Financial System
Venezuela
Financial System
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Venezuelan
Government
(PDVSA)
5
Incorporation of
a Venezuelan Commercial Bank
Notes:
Rahim
Faramarzi, CEO
Banco Toseyeh
Saderat Iran C.A.
Industrial Sector
Tractor
Factory
Cement Plant
• VENEIRAN (Bolivar State)
• Edhasse Sanat (Monagas State)
Urbanización Los Tucanes NO. 22, Maturín, Estado Monagas
Bicycle Factory
• FANABI (Cojedes State)
Gold Mine
• Impasco (Bolivar State)
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7
Iran’s ‘Tractor’ Factory:
Venelran Military-Style Compound with Iranian Security
Building 3
Building 1
Building 2
HighSecurity
Facility
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8
Iran’s ‘Tractor’ Factory:
Intended Recipient of Bomb-Making Materials and Lab
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9
Iran’s ‘Tractor’ Factory
‘Barrels of nitrate and sulfite chemicals’
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10
Transportation Industry
Regular Flights
Regular Flights
Route: Caracas – Damascus – Teheran
Route: Caracas – Damascus – Teheran
Aircraft: Boeing 747 SP
Aircraft: Airbus 340-211
Tail Number: EP-IAD
Tail Number: YV 1004
Transportation Industry
Net loss for 3 years operations
USD $ 30,140,776.42
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12
CONVIASA: Cargo Facility
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13
Energy
Rafael D. Ramirez C.
President, PDVSA
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14
Cousins
Ilich Ramirez Sanchez
AKA: Carlos ‘the Jackal’,
Ramirez’ cousin
Rafael D. Ramirez C.
President, PDVSA
Military
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
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16
Military
Training of the
Venezuelan Armed
Forces in
asymmetric war
and techniques to
sabotage the
energy
infrastructure.
Army, Navy and
Militias
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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.
Unnamed Aerial
Vehicles
M2
42 Planes
Maracay
Aragua State
CAVIM
AIO
Tractor Factory
Veneiran
17
Iranian Cooperation in
‘Nuclear Technology’
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19
Notes:
• Cooperation “in the field of
nuclear technology….”
• Accord signed Nov. 14, 2007
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20
Venezuela’s
‘Nuclear Power Program’
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21
Notes:
• Internal Document
CEA
• Discloses Nuclear
program years before
Chavez admitted to
have one
• 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)
NEPIO is the designation used in the IAEA by the guide “Milestones in the Development of a National Infrastructure for
Nuclear Power”
1
Workshop on Steps for Conducting Nuclear Power Plant Technology Assessments, Vienna, Austria, 17-20 November 2008
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22
Funding Venezuela’s
Nuclear Program
Notes:
• Roughly $50 Million for
“Science and
Technology” Program
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23
Funding Venezuela’s
Nuclear Program
Notes:
• “Peaceful use of
Nuclear Energy”
• Chavez personal
approval
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24
Venezuela’s Nuclear Program
Notes:
• Russian deal signed days
after Chavez says he is
only “studying” nuclear
energy…
• Same firm that built
Bushehr Nuclear Reactor
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Uranium in Venezuela’s
Roraima Basin
Notes:
• Among the largest
deposits of uranium in
the world
• Canadians are mining
“uranium” in Guyana…
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26
Iran’s “Gold” Mine
(Impasco – Minerven)
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27
Iran Strikes ‘Gold’ in Uranium
Basin
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
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“Gold”
Mine
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Uranium Reserves in Venezuela
Notes:
• Iran discovered
Uranium in Venezuela
in 2007
Prospección de Uranio en la
Republica Bolivariana de
Venezuela
Deciembre 2010
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Notes:
• Thousands of
samples taken
throughout the
country
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30
Title:
Location of geochemical
samples taken
Ubicación de muestras geoquímicas tomadas por el
Proyecto Irán – Venezuela Etapa I
Iran – Venezuela
Project: Phase 1
(Uranium exploration)
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31
Results Iranian
Study:
Location of geochemical
samples taken
Regional Geoquimical
Explorations in Timotes,
Merida State
(Uranium exploration)
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32
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
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33
Terrorism: Hezbollah in Venezuela
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34
Ghazi Atef Salameh Nassereddine Abu Ali
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35
Birth Certificate
Spanish Translation
Ghazi Atef Salameh Nassereddine Abu Ali
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36
June 18, 2008
hp-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 and
providing safe harbor to Hizballah facilitators and fundraisers. We will continue to
expose the global nature of Hizballah's terrorist support network, and we call on
responsible governments worldwide to disrupt and dismantle this activity," said
Adam J. Szubin, Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
June 18, 2008
Today's
hp-1036action was taken pursuant to Executive Order 13224, which targets
terrorists, those owned or controlled by or acting for or on behalf of terrorists, and
Treasury
Targets Hizballah
insupport
Venezuela
those providing financial,
technological,
or material
to terrorists or acts of
terrorism. Assets the designees hold under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen and U.S.
Washington
- The U.S.from
Department
Treasury today
designated
two in
persons
are prohibited
engagingofinthe
transactions
in property
or interests
Venezuela-based supporters of Hizballah, Ghazi Nasr al Din and Fawzi Kan'an,
property blocked under the order.
along with two travel agencies owned and controlled by Kan'an.
Identifying
Information
"It is extremely
troubling to see the Government of Venezuela employing and
providing safe harbor to Hizballah facilitators and fundraisers. We will continue to
GHAZI
NASR AL DIN
expose the global nature of Hizballah's terrorist support network, and we call on
responsible governments worldwide to disrupt and dismantle this activity," said
Ghazi
Nasr al Din is a Venezuela-based Hizballah supporter who has utilized his
Adam J. Szubin, Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
position as a Venezuelan diplomat and the president of a Caracas-based Shi'a
Islamic
provide
to Hizballah.
Nasr al
Din served
Today'sCenter
action to
was
taken financial
pursuant support
to Executive
Order 13224,
which
targets until
recently
Charge
d' Affaires
at the Venezuelan
Embassy
in Damascus,
Syria,
terrorists,asthose
owned
or controlled
by or acting for
or on behalf
of terrorists,
and
and
was
subsequently
appointed
the Director
of Political
Aspects
at theor acts of
those
providing
financial,
technological,
or material
support
to terrorists
terrorism. Assets
the designees
hold under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen and U.S.
Venezuelan
Embassy
in Lebanon.
persons are prohibited from engaging in transactions in property or interests in
Nasr
al Din
has counseled
donors on fundraising efforts and has
property
blocked
under the Hizballah
order.
provided donors with specific information on bank accounts where the donors'
Identifying
Information
deposits
would
go directly to Hizballah.
GHAZINasr
NASR
AL DIN
Ghazi
al Din
has met with senior Hizballah officials in Lebanon to discuss
operational
issues,
as facilitated the
travel of
Hizballah
members
to and
Ghazi Nasr al Din isasa well
Venezuela-based
Hizballah
supporter
who
has utilized
his
from
Venezuela.
In
late
January
2006,
Nasr
al
Din
facilitated
the
travel
of
two
position as a Venezuelan diplomat and the president of a Caracas-based Shi'a
Hizballah
representatives
to the Lebanese
Caracas
toserved
solicit until
Islamic Center
to provide financial
support Parliament
to Hizballah.toNasr
al Din
donations
Hizballah
and toat
announce
the opening
of a Hizballah-sponsored
recently asfor
Charge
d' Affaires
the Venezuelan
Embassy
in Damascus, Syria,
community
center and office
in Venezuela.
The
year, Nasr
al Din
and was subsequently
appointed
the Director
of previous
Political Aspects
at the
arranged
the
travel
of
Hizballah
members
to
attend
a
training
course
in Iran.
Venezuelan Embassy in Lebanon.
Nasr alHaj
DinGhazi
has counseled
Hizballah donors on fundraising efforts and has
AKAs:
Nasseredine
provided donors with specific information on bank accounts where the donors'
Ghazi
Nassereddine
deposits
would go directly to Hizballah.
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Ghazi Nasr al Din has met with senior Hizballah officials in Lebanon to discuss
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Terrorist Training: City of Qom
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38
Terrorist Training: City of Qom
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
Gobiernos de Irán y Venezuela
Sheij Suhail Assad
Encargado de dirigir los centros en
América Latina
Joao Adriano Olivera da Silva
Centro Islámico de Belo Jardim
Brasil
11/14/2011
Munir Valencia
Sheij Rouhollah Kiyaei Nejad
Centro Cultural Islámico la Ciudad del
Profeta
Centro Islámico
Imán Khomeini – Simón Bolívar
Colombia
Venezuela
Sheij Seied Abdala Medina
Mesquita Al-Imam
Argentina
Shaij Mahmud Aid
Centro Chileno Islámico de Cultura de
Puerto Montt
Chile
40
Terrorist Network: Structure
11/14/2011
41
Abdul
Ghani
Suleiman
Wanked
(Lebanon)
11/14/2011
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)
42
Zoed Karam
Venezuelan
Ambassador in
Lebanon
11/14/2011
43
Venezuela Terrorism: Hezbollah
11/14/2011
44
11/14/2011
45
Caracas Terrorist Summit
Hezbollah – Hamas – Islamic Jihad
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
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46
Notes:
• Original plan called for
Chavez to meet
Ahmadinejad and
Nasrallah in Lebanon
• Instead, terror leaders
were hosted in Caracas in
August 2010
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47
Khaled Meshaal
Hamas
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48
Arms Trafficking
Notes:
• Francop Cargo Ship
• Captured by the Israeli Navy
• 500 Tons of Weapons:
November 2009
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Arms Trafficking
Notes:
• Francop Cargo Ship
• Captured by the Israeli
Navy
• 500 Tons of Weapons –
November 2009
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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
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51
Iran’s Connections: Ecuador
Notes:
Bi-national agreement •
with Ecuador concerning
geological mining
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52
Notes:
Ecuador Ministry of •
Mining and Petroleum
Iran Ministry of •
Industry
11/14/2011
53
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
54
Iran’s Connections: Argentina
Notes:
Venezuela, Argentina and •
Iran
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55
Notes:
Iran
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56
Notes:
Iran
From China Fund •
250 Million Dollars
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•
57
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
Iranian parliamentarian, November 9, 2011
attack.”
‘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

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