US general: No Iran military presence in Venezuela
A top US military official played down any role of Iranian special forces in Venezuela on Tuesday, saying Tehran's activities there were diplomatic and commercial in nature -- and not military.
His comments appeared to contrast with a Pentagon report sent to Congress earlier in April. The report said the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' elite Qods force had a growing Latin American presence, "particularly in Venezuela" -- a claim Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has strongly denied. (Reuters)
