“IAEA urges Iran to restore full access to nuclear sites hit in June strikes,” Iran International, 11-19-25.

An important article reminding readers of this blog that VENZ is one of the entry points into South America for terror, drugs, trafficking, illicit materials, and influence.  And the spread of the Revolution and anti-West and darkness.  “Iran backs Maduro to keep Latin America foothold as Trump increases pressure on Venezuela,” Fox, 11-19-25.  Two quotes of the day.  First, “Isaias Medina III, a former Venezuelan diplomat at the U.N. Security Council who resigned in 2017 due to Maduro’s human rights violations, told Fox News Digital that “Iran’s partnership with the rogue Venezuelan narco-dictatorship is far from a principled stand for ‘sovereign rights’ under the U.N. Charter. It is a calculated strategy serving mutual interests in criminal enterprise and asymmetric warfare, posing a direct and evolving threat to U.S. national security,” he said. “This is a partnership for power, not principles. Iran’s engagement centers on deepening military, criminal, and intelligence cooperation that blatantly disregards international norms,” he said.”  Second, “Danny Citrinowicz, a senior fellow at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, told Fox News Digital that Iran’s public defense of Venezuela reflects deep strategic anxiety inside Tehran. “Iran is extremely, extremely worried that it’s going to lose its main hub in Latin America,” he said. “Losing Maduro will be a strategic loss for Iran, because Venezuela is a strategic hub, not only for the activity in Venezuela itself, but also activity in Latin America in general.”  Citrinowicz pointed to the recently exposed assassination attempt on Israel’s ambassador in Mexico, which Mexican authorities linked to operatives with ties to Iran’s Quds Force. According to Citrinowicz, the operation illustrates how Iran uses Venezuelan territory as a staging ground.  He said the Iranians “used their presence in Venezuela, mainly the Quds Force presence, in order to gather the right people that actually tried to commit this attack.””