US calls on region to stay away from Iran

United States on Friday asked the Latin American countries which do not deepen its links to Iran, at a time that the President of this country, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, is preparing to undertake a tour of Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador.

"As the regime (Iranian) feels more and more pressured, desperately seeking friends and frantically travels to interesting places to find new friends", declared the spokesman for the Department of State, Victoria Nuland, asked about Ahmadinejad's visit to the region.

"We are making it absolutely clear to countries around the world is not the time to deepen ties, neither security nor economic, with Iran", he told the press.

Nuland could not specify if these questions were transmitted directly to officials of Venezuela and Cuba, but said that Washington was in "close contact" with Nicaragua and Ecuador on u000athe journey of the Iranian President.

Iran can "follow internationally isolated or can comply with its obligations and begin to cooperate and return to join the community of Nations," added.

United States and the European Union have been hardening recently sanctions against Iran for its programme of uranium enrichment, the culmination of four rounds of sanctions by the UN Security Council and a handful of measures punitive unilateral.

Washington and the Western powers suspect that the nuclear program of Iran hides an attempt to build atomic weapons. Iran denies this accusation and ensures that your plan is for purposes peaceful.

Ahmadinejad will arrive in Caracas on Sunday to meet with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. On Tuesday will assist in Nicaragua the assumption by Daniel Ortega a new mandate term of five years following his recent election victory and then will travel to Cuba u000aand Ecuador.

Iran is poised to perform new maneuvers naval near the Strait of Hormuz, said an Admiral, after that country threatened to close down the step to navigation and completed another series of exercises in the region.

A sixth part of the world's oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz. The threat of closing this step maritime if West takes action against Iranian oil exports generated fears in the global market of hydrocarbons, which persists nervousness.

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West considers Iran's nuclear programme is aimed at developing atomic weapons, but Tehran rejects the accusation and insists that it has purpose peaceful.

United States recently tightened its sanctions against Iran and among these prohibited transactions with the central bank of Iran. This measure could adversely affect Iranian oil exports because Tehran u000aYou will see limited their financial transactions.

Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz if West attempted to limit or stop Iranian oil exports, which provide 80% of the tax revenue of the country. The country operates regular military exercises and has fought actively piracy in the Gulf of Aden.

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