Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) is welcomed by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez at Miraflores Palace in Caracas September 17, 2006. Ahmadinejad shored up opposition to a U.S. drive to curb Iran’s nuclear program on a visit to Venezuela on Sunday that cemented an anti-American front with Chavez. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout (VENEZUELA) – RTR1HFYU