Venezuela's Foreign Ministry summoned Iranian Ambassador Ali Chegini and handed him a formal note of protest over "disparaging and inappropriate" remarks about Venezuelan institutions and authorities.

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Venezuela's Foreign Ministry summoned Iranian Ambassador Ali Chegini and handed him a formal note of protest over "disparaging and inappropriate" remarks about Venezuelan institutions and authorities. The comments came from Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in a Mehr News interview, where he said: This is not Venezuela, where you take one person and everyone else gets scared and backs down.