: Iran signed 35 cooperation deals covering energy, industry, mining, biotechnology, and the construction of power plants with Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba during President Ebrahim Raisi’s five-day tour of the three Latin American countries, reported Xinhua.
“Very good” memorandums of understanding pertaining to the upstream and downstream industries in the energy sector were signed with the countries concerned, the president said. In Cuba, Raisi’s visit led to the signing of an agreement to set up a joint working group for the expansion of bilateral cooperation that combines Cuba’s advances in biotechnology and Iran’s capabilities in nanotechnology, according to the statement.