"The Islamic Republic bans all non-Khomeinist ideologies, but two are specifically punishable by imprisonment or death: socialism and liberal democracy. "
See, the Right Wing does have something in common with the Jihadist movement!
Even allowing for the NYP's restrained and sober style, not to mention it's scrupulous impartiality, that Tehran love-in still must have been a doozy. Add to this the fact that Señor Chávez is a devout Catholic, and it makes you wonder, on whose side is God on?