North Korea dispatches ”Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations Delegation” to Iran in an attempt to ”increase the power of anti-American solidarity” and ”neutralize sanctions”

North Korea has sent a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations to Iran. "On the surface, it was for economic exchanges, but the purpose of the delegation was to diversify the oil supply source that has been blocked by the sanctions against North Korea and to make the sanctions less effective."
There are fears that the two countries will try to expand and deepen economic cooperation between the two countries into military cooperation, as has been the case with Russia and North Korea.
The Workers' Party of Korea's newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, reported on the 24th that "Comrade Yoon Jong-ho (Minister of Foreign Economic Affairs) will head the delegation."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs delegation, which is headed by the North Korean Foreign Ministry, departed from Pyongyang on the 23rd to visit Iran. The Rodong Sinmun did not mention the specific purpose or schedule of the visit.
A delegation led by Minister of Foreign Economic Affairs Yoon visited Moscow in March this year to discuss the resumption of direct air routes between Russia and North Korea and follow-up measures following the Russia-North Korea summit.
In particular, the visit to Iran by a high-ranking North Korean economic official comes at a time when the international community is exerting all-round pressure on Iran by imposing additional sanctions on the country in response to Iran's air strikes on Israel.
The visit has attracted worldwide attention. "The two countries (North Korea and Iran), which are under international sanctions, are united in anti-American solidarity and are trying to neutralize the sanctions through economic cooperation," he said.
North Korea's position is that the recent Middle East situation has created an environment in which it can form closer ties with Iran, a traditionally friendly country in the anti-American coalition.
"Just as Russia and North Korea, whose war with Ukraine has been prolonged, are expanding their economic cooperation into military cooperation, it is likely that the two countries will deepen their economic and military cooperation with Iran.
There are also concerns that the situation may become more complicated.