Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez have condemned as "unfair" sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, Press TV reported.
Ahmadinejad and Chavez issued a joint statement at the end of the Venezuelan president's three-day visit to Iran on Wednesday, the Iranian presidential website reported.
In the statement, the two presidents condemned the UN Security Council Resolution 1929 and called sanctions against Iran "unfair."
They said that sanctions were aimed at "depriving the Islamic Republic of Iran of its inalienable nuclear rights."
The two presidents called on the US and Western countries to change their "discriminatory" approach toward Iran's nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad and Chavez also condemned Israel's attack on ships carrying humanitarian aid to the besieged people of Gaza and called all Palestinian political groups to unity.
They also condemned the interference of foreign forces, in particular the US, in internal affairs of Latin America.
The two presidents highlighted bilateral relations and called for further expansion of bilateral ties as well as the implementation of agreements signed between the two countries.
The Venezuelan president arrived in Iran on Monday for a three-day official visit, with the goal of boosting ties between Tehran and Caracas.
Iran and Venezuela signed eleven memorandums of understanding in various fields, including energy and industry sectors, on the last day of Chavez's ninth visit to Iran.
Iran has developed amicable relations with numerous Latin American countries, including Venezuela.