Iran, Cuba reaffirm common stance, vow to further boost ties

STORY: Iran, Cuba reaffirm common stance, vow to further boost ties DATELINE: June 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:02 LOCATION: Havana CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the official visit STORYLINE: Iran and Cuba have reaffirmed their common stance in the face of challenges and vowed to boost bilateral ties as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi concluded his official visit to Cuba Thursday. "The conditions and circumstances Cuba and Iran are going through have many things in common," Raisi said in meetings with Cuban revolutionary leader Raul Castro as well as Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, referring to U.S. sanctions against both countries. Iran is a friendly nation, with which Cuba feels confident to discuss the most complex global topics, President Diaz-Canel said. "Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Iran are countries that heroically have had to face, with a tenacious resistance, the sanctions, threats, blockades, and interferences of U.S. imperialism and its allies." Raisi, who arrived here W