Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Seyed Abbas Mousavi
"The US government, whose policies in Venezuela, such as economic sanctions, military threats and, most recently, creation of a transitional council, have ended in failure due to the resistance of the Venezuelan government and people, is making such accusations in an attempt to obstruct the Venezuelan government's plans for reviving that country's refineries and producing oil products, including gasoline, a shortage of which has been caused by the cruel American sanctions," Mousavi added.
The reaction came after Head of the US Department of State's Venezuela Affairs Unit (VAU) James Story alleged at a live presentation on the Facebook that there is "a mysterious airlift between Venezuela and Iran."
Story, who operates from Colombia, said on Thursday that Venezuela is sending out gold without any transparency, alleging that Iran is, in return, sending equipment for Venezuela's national oil refining system so that Venezuelan refineries can start producing gasoline again.
Comment: It would be perfectly reasonable if Iran and Venezuela were conducting such business. Since the US has strong armed completely unreasonable global policies into existence, such business, if it hypothetically were to be done, has to be done under the radar and dismissed as baseless.