Iran-Cuba Relations

Iran’s leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for the formation of a global coalition to stand up against arrogance by the US and other Western countries.

Presidents of Iran and Cuba have called for the formation of a coalition to support the Palestinian people worldwide. It comes as the Israeli war against the besieged Gaza Strip which has so far killed 15,500 people, nears its second month.

Senior Iranian and Cuban officials inked seven documents and agreements on the improvement of bilateral cooperation, in a ceremony in Tehran on Monday, with the presidents of the two countries in attendance.

Iranian Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy Rouhollah Dehghani, who is in the Cuban capital Havana to take part in the G77+China Summit, met with Cuba’s Minister of Science, Technology and Environment Elba Rosa Perez Montoya on Friday.

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says his administration’s foreign policy builds on forging balanced relations with all world countries.

Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel says he will definitely make an official visit to Iran by the end of 2023, as his Iranian counterpart recently held talks in Havana.

Tehran and Havana have signed six major deals to expand economic, political and judicial cooperation between the two countries. The memoranda of understanding (MoUs) were signed on Thursday during Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s state visit to Cuba.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel officially welcomes his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, who is in Havana for high-level meetings on the third and final leg of his tour of Latin America.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his accompanying delegations are welcomed at the Havana airport upon arrival in Cuba on the third and last leg of a tour of Latin America.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi plans to make a visit to Latin America, including Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba, next week to strengthen Tehran's relations with the three states in economic and political fields.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has reaffirmed Iran’s support for Cuba in different spheres, calling for the promotion of bilateral ties between the two countries.

President Ebrahim Raisi hails “strategic” relations between Tehran and Havana in different fields, especially the health sector, saying Iran attaches significance to the expansion of relations with Cuba and other independent states that stand against the US greed.

Iran’s vice president for economic affairs has urged closer cooperation with Cuba with the goal of neutralizing the pressure tactics, especially sanctions, that the enemies are using against resilient nations.

The head of Iran’s Pasteur Institute says Covid vaccine Pasteurcovac, jointly developed by Iran and Cuba, is at once a jab and a booster and can also be administered to kids aged 3 to 18 and over.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez met Friday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Amirabdollahian and Rodriguez discussed bilateral ties, especially their trade cooperation.

Head of Cuba’s Finlay Institute of Vaccines Vicente Verez Bencomo has met and held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during his visit to Tehran.

Iran has condemned the intervention of some Western states and the US in the internal affairs of Cuba, describing the US sanctions as the root cause of Havana's problems.

Iran is to launch phase three of the clinical trial of the coronavirus vaccine jointly produced by Iran and Cuba.

Iran’s Coronavirus Headquarters says the phase three of the human trial of a COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by the Pasteur Institute of Iran and Cuba will get underway in three weeks’ time.

The Iranian health ministry has announced that clinical tests have begun for a coronavirus vaccine jointly developed by Iran and Cuba.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has condemned in the strongest terms the United States’ move to put Cuba on its list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated his Cuban counterpart Miguel Díaz-Canel on the anniversary of the victory of the Cuban Revolution.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in Havana on an official visit, has held videoconference talks with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sat down with Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba Ricardo Cabrisas in Havana.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited two medical and pharmaceutical research centres in the Cuban capital of Havana on Friday.