 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has urged Iran to increase investment in his country's oil and gas assets. Visiting Tehran as part of a foreign tour, Mr Chavez also pledged Venezuela would "stand by Iran at any time and under any condition". Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad described Mr Chavez as a "brother and trench mate". Venezuela and Iran are close allies, both members of the Opec oil-producing cartel and fierce critics of the US. Iran faces growing pressure from the US over its nuclear programme and its support of the Hezbollah militia, currently battling Israeli forces in Lebanon. Mr Chavez has been accused by the US of trying to destabilise South America, after he signed a deal to purchase arms from Russia earlier on his foreign tour. ...
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