A former senior Venezuelan government official has provided U.S. authorities with a trove of materials outlining a close partnership between Venezuela and Iran that, according to the materials, deepened during the Obama administration.

Currently circulating through U.S. national-security and law-enforcement review channels, the materials describe a broad, long-running relationship between Venezuela and Iran spanning finance, energy, mining, and military-linked cooperation, according to records reviewed by The Dallas Express.

The materials, compiled from Venezuelan government records and related documentation, were provided by a senior Venezuelan official acting as a whistleblower, according to a source familiar with the matter. U.S. authorities are currently analyzing the materials. No formal conclusions or findings have been announced.

The records are not presented as prosecutorial determinations. Instead, they are intended to illustrate the scale and structure of Iran–Venezuela cooperation and explain why the relationship has drawn increasing scrutiny in Washington.

Financial Architecture Spanning Iran, Venezuela, and China

At the center of the materials is a financial framework linking Venezuelan state entities, Iranian counterparts, and China-based commercial arrangements. According to the source, the materials describe payment and settlement mechanisms involving China that differ from traditional sovereign lending.

Rather than loans, portions of the financial...

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