Al Jazeera: Iran views Venezuela as anti-US ally

"After boosting its relations with Arab countries like Syria and Iraq, and with groups like Hezbollah and Hamas, Iran is currently seeking political and economic cooperation with a number of other states - like Venezuela, Sudan and Cuba - as part of a series of calculated foreign policy moves aimed at exacerbating an already tense stand-off with the Bush administration over its nuclear program," Al Jazeera reports in a story titled, "Iran forging alliances against the US."