Chavez and Tehran Getting Chummy

Several months ago, President Hugo Chavez announced his friendship with Iran, then made a March visit to Tehran; and now recently a number of Iranian military officers were spotted in Caracas .

Naval analysts believe the Iranians are interested in using Venezuela’s access to French and Spanish submarine technology, and Iran’s strong desire to weaponize her submarines with a variety of rockets and missiles cannot come about without acquiring classified technical data and technologies.