Tehran, IRNA — Two Iranian warships have docked in Brazil after the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva granted them permission despite pressure from the United States to bar them.
The IRIS Makran and IRIS Dena warships docked in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday morning, Rio’s port authority said in a statement, according to Reuters.
The news agency earlier this month reported that Brazil had bowed to US pressure and rejected Iran’s request for the vessels to dock in Rio in late January.
And, in a Feb. 15 press conference, US Ambassador Elizabeth Bagley urged Brazil not to allow the ships to dock, Reuters reported.
Source: Islamic Republic News Agency – IRNA
