In a post on its official account on X on Saturday, the Iranian embassy in Venezuela said, “Awarding the ‘Peace’ Prize to someone who justifies the genocide in Gaza and calls for foreign military aggression against Venezuela is merely another indication of the West’s divisive and interventionist mindset toward the developing world.”
The Iranian mission emphasized that this choice is nothing but a mockery of the very concept of “peace.”
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for what was described as her work "promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela".
However, critics have challenged Machado’s outspoken support for the Israeli regime.
Machado has voiced support for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government, and has said that, if elected, she would move Venezuela’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds– a move that would align Venezuela with Washington and signal a clear shift from its historic backing of the Palestinian cause.
Her political party, Vente Venezuela, signed cooperation agreements with Netanyahu’s Likud Party, pledging to strengthen relations between Venezuela and the Zionist regime.
Machado has been also an outspoken supporter of US President Donald Trump, describing him as the “biggest opportunity we’ve ever had” for regime change in Venezuela.
She has also called Trump “courageous” and a “visionary” for his policies toward her country, praising his administration’s efforts to isolate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro diplomatically and economically while advocating for democratic reforms.