The Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 with Iranian, Venezuelan crew has been grounded outside Buenos Aires for two weeks as authorities try to figure out 'true objective' of its arrival

Paraguayan intelligence chief says Captain Gholamreza Ghasemi is member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards' expeditionary arm; Argentina security minister won't comment on 'conjecture'

Israel shuttered its Asuncion mission last year warning of 'strained' ties over Paraguayan backtrack on Jerusalem embassy move; Amb. Yoed Magen to work from neighboring Argentina

Asuncion blacklists military wings of Iran-backed organizations along with Islamic State, al-Qaeda

48 million people left in the dark; electrical failure reportedly spreads to parts of Paraguay and Brazil