Evening Edition: The Relationship Between Venezuela, Iran And Hezbollah Terrorists

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Just a day after U.S. Delta Forces captured wanted narco-terrorist and Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah will no longer be operating in the South American country. The U.S.-designated Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah lashed out at the U.S. after Maduro was captured. Besides giving a terror group a new home, trading weapons and oil, how else has Iran and Hezbollah helped years of dictatorships in Venezuela? FOX’s Eben Brown speaks with Behnam Ben Taleblu, Iran Program Senior Director and Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, who takes a deep dive into the relationship between Venezuela and the leading sponsor of terror around the world, Iran. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Steve Ducey.
0:01.1	I'm Sandra Smith.
0:02.4	I'm Jimmy Fala, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:08.3	Wednesday, January 7th, 2026.
0:11.7	I'm Eben Brown.
0:13.0	Maduro is overthrown, Venezuela's new leader, once his deputy promises closer American cooperation.
0:20.7	But what connections exist between Venezuela and the Iran?
0:25.7	There are many.
0:26.8	For four decades, the Islamic Republic has tried to export its revolution into this part of the world,
0:32.3	preying on the downtrodden and dispossessed, the liberation theology,
0:36.9	and the play for the anti-imperialist hearts and minds of local communities, particularly across South America.
0:44.3	This is the Fox News Rundown Evening Edition.
0:52.0	Nicholas Maduro is in a U.S. federal jail.
0:55.6	The now former Venezuelan dictator will face charges of drug-related terrorism against the United States.
1:01.7	And his former vice president, Delci Rodriguez, is now saying, albeit a bit mealy-mouthed,
1:07.0	she will push the Latin American country away from communism,
1:21.4	away from cooperation with the likes of Russia and China, towards democracy, free and fair elections, and American economic and regional security interests.
1:25.8	President Trump has promised to have Rodriguez herself removed if she refused. But what has yet to be fully explored is how
1:29.2	this sharp and quick change in Venezuela affects the world's most prolific terrorist state,
1:35.2	half a world away, meaning the Islamic Republic of Iran. That country is now embroiled in nearly
1:41.2	two weeks of widespread unrest in what experts think could be,
1:44.9	and dissidents' hope, is spelling the end of the time of rule by the theocratic Ayatollah Ali Khomeini.
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