Iran’s oil minister has paid an official visit to ally Venezuela to meet President Nicolas Maduro and discuss ways to “overcome” the effects of US sanctions against both nations, officials said. “I received His Excellency Javad Owji, Oil Minister of the sister Islamic Republic of Iran,” Maduro said on Twitter, calling it “a productive meeting to deepen the ties of brotherhood and cooperation in energy matters.” State television showed images of the meeting at the presidential palace in Miraflores. Recibí al excelentísimo Javad Owji, Ministro de Petróleo de la hermana República Islámica de Irán…