Along with China, who maintains two listening posts on the island, Iran is also forming a more extensive alliance with Cuba. -Am
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has found an extensive Iranian military presence in Libya.
Western intelligence sources said a British-U.S. team that inspected Libyan facilities in late 2003 found evidence of nearly 100 military-related Iranian contracts in Libya. The sources said they include the development of missiles as well as conventional and nonconventional weapons.
"Iran has used Libya as a laboratory for Teheran's defense industry," an intelligence source said. "The United States found evidence of Iranian involvement in virtually every major Libyan weapons program."
Many of the Iranian projects in Libya focused on medium- and intermediate-range missile development, the sources said. They said a British-U.S. team that inspected Libyan facilities in October and December 2003 found an Iranian-built plant for the production of fuel for Libyan liquid-fuel missiles based on the Scud.
MADRID, Spain, Feb 28 (Iran Daily) -- Iran's Minister of Industries and Mines Es'haq Jahangiri will visit Cuba from next Tuesday to review expansion of bilateral ties in meetings with senior Cuban officials, said IRNA.
Jahangiri's visit will take place at the invitation of his Cuban counterpart and is in response to his recent trip to Tehran. During the three-day visit, the Iranian minister will also inspect several industrial and scientific centers in that country.
Meanwhile, Jahangiri, who is currently accompanying President Mohammad Khatami to the Group-15 summit in Caracas, and Venezuelan Minister of Agriculture Arnaldo Marques reviewed bilateral cooperation in a meeting on Friday.
He discussed with the Venezuelan minister the issue of exporting tractors to Venezuela and establishing an assembly line of agricultural machinery in the country.
Marques, for his part, expressed his country's interest in carrying out joint ventures with Iran and implementing agreements reached by the two countries.
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