Chavez, heading a high-ranking political delegation, arrived in Tehran late Wednesday and was welcomed by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport.
During his four-day stay in Iran, the Venezuelan president is to meet and confer with senior officials of Iran, including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili.
He is also to inaugurate the Irano-Venezuala joint bank.