Iran and Maduro ties suffer major blow following US operation and capture of Venezuelan dictator

The Trump administration’s subject cognition that resulted successful the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is simply a devastating setback to the South American nation’s semipermanent ally, the Islamic Republic of Iran, experts contend.

As Iran experiences yet different time of anti-regime protests crossed the country, Jason Brodsky, the argumentation manager of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), who has written astir Maduro’s nefarious activities, told Fox News Digital that, "Maduro’s seizure volition beryllium a stroke to Iran’s interests successful the Western Hemisphere arsenic helium was a longtime state of Tehran nether the banner of anti-imperialism and Americanism successful the region."

He said, "How overmuch of a stroke it volition beryllium volition beryllium connected who comes to powerfulness aft Maduro. Iran and Hezbollah person utilized Venezuela arsenic an operational hub for terrorism, cause trafficking, and powerfulness projection successful Latin and South America."

CARTEL CONNECTION: HEZBOLLAH AND IRAN EXPLOIT MADURO’S VENEZUELA FOR COCAINE CASH

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) meets with Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) wrong Maduro's sojourn for "Gas Exporting Countries Forum" (GECF) gathering successful Tehran, Iran connected November 23, 2015. (Press Office/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

He continued, "Iran had a subject concern with Caracas arsenic well, particularly with drones. So Tehran is apt eyeing these developments precise warily. Its interests successful the portion were already weakened aft Bolivia’s statesmanlike election, which brought to powerfulness a center-right person who reestablished relations with Israel."

In November, Fox News Digital reported that the Islamic Republic was backing Maduro conscionable arsenic the Trump medication stepped up subject unit successful the Caribbean and expanded its crackdown connected transgression networks tied to the authorities successful Caracas.

Brodsky said, "This volition beryllium a onslaught heard astir the world. Iran’s authorities volition beryllium watching it precise intimately arsenic President Trump threatened the ultimate person during the 12-Day War. This historical onslaught adds to the cognition of President Trump being unpredictable and risk-ready, which inspires fearfulness successful U.S. adversaries and bolsters the credibility of the menace of American subject force. This strengthens U.S. deterrence."

ON MADURO’S ‘TERROR ISLAND,’ HEZBOLLAH OPERATIVES MOVE IN AS TOURISTS DRIFT OUT

Ex-Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (L) welcomes Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro (3rd L) astatine Sadabat Palace successful Tehran, Iran connected June 11, 2022. (Photo by Iranian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) (Photo by Iranian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images))

The Iranian Foreign Ministry said successful a connection that it "strongly condemns the American subject onslaught connected Venezuela and the flagrant usurpation of the nationalist sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country."

Potkin Azarmehr, a British-Iranian adept connected Iran, told Fox News Digital that "Every autumn of a dictator who is allied with the Ayatollahs is some a boost to the morale of the radical successful Iran and a setback for the ruling mullahs."

PROTESTS SPREAD ACROSS IRAN AS REGIME THREATENS US FORCES AS 'LEGITIMATE TARGETS' AFTER TRUMP WARNING

The past Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, from near front, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, stitchery for the authoritative radical photograph astatine the 17th Non-Aligned Movement Summit successful Porlamar, connected Venezuela's Margarita Island, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (The Associated Press)

He added that, "The Islamic Republic saw its ‘axis of resistance’ autumn isolated successful the region. Now it’s witnessing its spouse successful transgression further distant toppled. This volition earnestly harm the regime’s revenues and resources. Many of the ruling officials indispensable present beryllium tempted to defect earlier it's excessively late."

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Iran’s axis of absorption was the troika confederation consisting of the now-defunct Bashar al-Assad authorities successful Syria and the weakened Hezbollah violent question successful Lebanon.

Fox News' Efrat Lachter contributed to this report.