	iran foreign minister tells cuba of gulf situation iranian foreign minister ali akbar velayati here on a two day official visit informed cuban foreign ministry officials on monday on the tense situation in the gulf diplomatic sources said they said the envoy s trip to be followed from tuesday by a visit to nicaragua could be linked to a possible mediation of the non aligned movement in the seven year old iran iraq war but they ruled out any prominent cuban role in it velayati could not be reached for comment on the u s attack on an abandoned iranian oil rig on monday which tehran vowed to avenge reuter 
