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Iran’s leader gets backing in Bolivia during goodwill visist

Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Updated: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 22:11

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Iran's president inaugurated an Iranian-funded hospital and two milk-processing plants Tuesday in a goodwill visit in which his leftist host defended Iran's "peaceful" nuclear aspirations.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Bolivian President Evo Morales also signed an agreement in which Iran committed itself to help Bolivia investigate industrializing lithium, the lightweight metal used in electric car and other batteries.

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