Iran and Venezuela accused of financing Spain's Podemos by alleged DEA informant

The governments of Iran and Venezuela funneled financing to Spain’s far-left Podemos party through a conglomerate controlled by Iranian businessman Mahmoud Alizadeh Azimi, according to alleged evidence provided to Spanish police by a confidential source of the US Drug Enforcement Agency, website Bolsamania.com said, citing a report in El Confidencial on Thursday.

The source was described by the Spanish media outlet as being an ex-high ranking Venezuelan government official.

Spain’s elite anti-money laundering unit (UDEF) was said to have begun examining the alleged evidence during the first fortnight of December to confirm its veracity and whether the funding – were it proven to have taken place – broke Spanish laws on the financing of political parties.