Iran's Raisi urges unity to 'neutralize' US sanctions in Nicaragua visit
Iran and Nicaragua closed cooperation deals as Raisi admired the leftist state for its resistance against the United States.
TEHRAN — Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said during a visit to Nicaragua on Wednesday that Tehran sought cooperation and unity with like-minded states to neutralize US sanctions.
Iran's state TV showed Raisi next to his Nicaraguan counterpart Daniel Ortega, presidents of two countries under US sanctions for their human rights records, among other contentious issues.
"My trip to Nicaragua comes in line with the policy of expanding ties with independent nations," Raisi declared, as he attacked the United States as a "bullying" power. "The world would be a better place if they put an end to their despotism, and respect the will of other nations."
The Iranian president promised that a new world order was emerging as he heaped praise on Latin America's leftist countries, "which have put up resistance against the dominance and excessive demands of the United States and its supporters."
