Iran Ships Fuel to Venezuela, Flouting U.S. Pressure on Its Foes

The to start with of five tankers carrying Iranian gas has achieved gasoline-starved Venezuela in a present of defiance by two U.S. adversaries flouting American sanctions aimed at unseating their authoritarian governments.

As the to start with vessel entered Venezuelan waters late Saturday, Iran’s countrywide anthem sounded on Venezuela point out tv against images of the late Islamic innovative Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as black-chador-coated ladies march with an Iranian flag—jarring sights for the rum-and-beauty-pageant-loving South…