Cuban ambassador meets with an Iranian representative to the VI International Conference for the Balance of the World
Tehran, January 26, 2025. Cuban Ambassador Jorge Lefebre Nicolás met last Thursday at the diplomatic headquarters, with professor and member of the Nasī e Rahmān Mehdi Fouladvand Foundation, who will participate as a speaker in the VI edition of the Conference for the Balance of the World "With all and for the good of all", to be held from January 28 to 31st in Havana.
"Unjustified": Iran condemns Trump's reinstatement of Cuba to the terrorist list
Tehran, January 23, 2025. Iran has condemned the “unjustified, baseless and rejected” move by US President Donald Trump to reinstate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, stressing that such unilateral actions further weaken the rule of law at the international level.
"The United States has a long history of using such baseless and arbitrary designations, as well as defamation of independent countries as a tool to advance its own foreign agenda," Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Thursday.
Cuban ambassador gives interview to Iranian media in English "Iran Nuances"
Tehran, January 20, 2025. The national media outlet "Iran Nuances”, interviewed Cuban Ambassador Jorge Lefebre Nicolás at the Cuban diplomatic headquarters, with the aim of delving into the recent decision of the United States government to remove Cuba from the spurious list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT).
In the spirit of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025, the Cuban Government releases persons who are serving prison sentences
Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba
As part of the close and fluid relations with the Vatican, the Government of Cuba has remained in touch with Pope Francis and his representatives and, as has occurred in the past, has kept His Holiness informed about the processes of review of the convictions and the release on imprisoned person, a practice that is common in our judicial system and has characterized the humanitarian record of the Revolution.
The United States takes steps in the right direction, but the blockade remains in force
Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba
On January 14, 2025, the government of the United States announced the following decisions:
1. Remove Cuba from the State Department list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism;
2. Make use of the presidential faculty to prevent US courts from taking action with regards to lawsuits that might be filed by virtue of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act; and