South Africa’s government is facing mounting pressure to explain Iran’s participation in naval drills off the coast of Cape Town, a move that has further soured Pretoria’s already fractious ties with the US.
South Africa’s government is facing mounting pressure to explain Iran’s participation in naval drills off the coast of Cape Town, a move that has further soured Pretoria’s already fractious ties with the US.
The Chinese navy destroyer CNS Tangshan, top, Russian navy corvette Stoikiy, left, and Iranian navy corvette IRIS Naghdi, right, ahead of in Simon’s Town harbor in Cape Town, on Jan. 9.