{"id":1864137,"date":"2023-02-28T19:34:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T00:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1864137"},"modified":"2023-02-28T19:36:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T00:36:59","slug":"brazils-new-leftist-regime-allows-iran-to-dock-two-warships-involved-in-terrorism-in-rio-de-janeiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brazils-new-leftist-regime-allows-iran-to-dock-two-warships-involved-in-terrorism-in-rio-de-janeiro\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil\u2019s New Leftist Regime Allows Iran To Dock Two Warships Involved In Terrorism In Rio De Janeiro"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrazils-new-leftist-regime-allows-iran-to-dock-two-warships-involved-in-terrorism-in-rio-de-janeiro%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1864137&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is a leftist Brazilian President. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic Republic of Iran<\/a> Two warships were docked in Rio de Janeiro this weekend, raising concerns about the proximity of a U.S. enemy operating within America&#8217;s borders.<\/p>\n<p>According to the city&#8217;s port authority, IRIS Makran- and IRIS Dena-navy vessels docked at its port on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil refused to allow the ships to dock at this port when Lula flew to Washington, D.C., last month to meet President Joe Biden, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/brazil-allows-two-iranian-warships-dock-rio-despite-us-pressure-2023-02-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian officials granted permission for the ships to dock at the port between February 26 and March 4, with Lula now home from D.C.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the past, those ships facilitated illegal trade and terrorist activities, and have also been sanctioned by the United States,&#8221; U.S. Ambassador Elizabeth Bagley spoke at a press conference earlier in the month. &#8220;Brazil is a sovereign nation, but we firmly believe those ships should not dock anywhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Senator Ted Cruz (R. Texas) responded to the announcement that the ships docked at a Western Hemisphere port. He explained the dangers that this situation presents to Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The docking of Iranian warships in Brazil is a dangerous development and a direct threat to the safety and security of Americans,&#8221; Cruz <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/iranian-warships-dock-in-brazil\/\"><\/a>. &#8220;These Iranian warships are already sanctioned, and so the port in Rio de Janeiro where they docked is now at risk of crippling sanctions, as are any Brazilian companies that provided them services or accepted payments\u2014and so are all foreign companies that entangle themselves with the port or those Brazilian companies in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Biden administration is obligated to impose relevant sanctions, reevaluate Brazil&#8217;s cooperation with U.S. antiterrorism efforts, and reexamine whether Brazil is maintaining effective antiterrorism measures at its ports,&#8221; Cruz added. &#8220;If the administration does not, Congress should force them to do so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-4883\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Rear Admiral Shahram Irani (commander of Iran&#8217;s Navy), Iranian warships are planning to be closer to the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/this-is-a-tremendous-escalation-iran-plans-warships-in-panama-canal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> Last month, Iran&#8217;s navy plans &#8220;to be present in the Panama Canal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Humire is the Executive Director of the Center for a Secure Free Society. <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/iran-to-station-warships-in-panama-canal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submitted<\/a>\u00a0The Washington Free Beacon\u00a0that Iran&#8217;s goal &#8220;has always been to have a military presence in Latin America, so it&#8217;s not surprising at all for its navy to announce it&#8217;s going to make moves on the Panama Canal. \u2026 This is a tremendous escalation if it is to happen. Many people may discount Iran in terms of its capabilities \u2026 but I would not discount it because they have been building to this for a very long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New leftist Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva allowed the Islamic Republic of Iran to dock two warships in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend, sparking fears about how close a U.S. adversary is operating near America\u2019s shores. The city\u2019s port authority said in a statement that the IRIS Makran and IRIS Dena naval &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1864140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[13948,19995,7445,3823,20012,4717,4565,12335,6039,14442],"class_list":["post-1864137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-brazils","tag-dock","tag-involved","tag-iran","tag-janeiro","tag-leftist","tag-regime","tag-rio","tag-terrorism","tag-warships"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1864137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1864140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1864137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1864137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1864137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}