“Syria and Iran are supplying Hezbollah rockets and missiles of increasing capacity,” Gates said during a joint press conference with his counterpart Ehud Barak.

“We”ve reached the point that Hezbollah has more rockets and missiles and that most governments around the world, and that”s obviously something destabilizing the entire region and we are monitoring carefully, “he said.

But that was not the only major U.S. ad Iran. Earlier, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, reiterated that his country maintains its objective of reaching an agreement to impose sanctions on Iran”s nuclear program within the Security Council of the UN over this spring (northern hemisphere )”.

After a meeting with President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, Clinton was pleased that Iran sent to a third country, Russia, its uranium to be enriched to a level sufficient for use for medical purposes.

in Latin America. Although Iran is establishing diplomatic ties and trade in Latin America, there is no evidence that Tehran is trying to establish its military presence in the region, said on Tuesday a U.S. military command.

The comments of Air Force General Douglas Fraser, head of U.S. Southern Command, were formulated after the Pentagon warned in a report of 12 pages devoted to Iran that there is a “ growing presence”"of the Iranian elite Qods force in Latin America.

Fraser told reporters Tuesday that the United States “ has found a growing interest in Venezuela,”"Iran, although its presence in that nation is mainly due to an increase Iranian embassy and business contacts.

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