With a key AGOA summit days away, SA gets cosy with Iran – as the US prepares to fight it

23 Oct 2023

Phillip de Wet

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International relations minister Naledi Pandor poses for a picture with Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran on 22 October 2023. On the same weekend, the US said it was preparing to hit back at Iran's proxies in the Middle East should it come under attack. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

As South Africa's International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor travelled to Tehran this weekend, the United States' top diplomatic and military officials spoke of what amounts to preparations for war with Iran.

In one media appearance, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said his country was concerned that proxies for Iran could attack American interests or people.

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