March 17, 2017
Iran’s ambassador to Cuba, Kambiz Shaikh Hassani (photo), met with the leadership of the association of Caribbean island microstates last week and said Iran is eager to expand relations with those countries because of the “historical commonalities” between Iran and the islands, the Fars news agency reports. Presumably that means the shared experience of growing sugar and bananas, playing steel band music and having long beaches with topless women.