News SA

NEWS SOUTH AFRICA

Menu
Menu
Menu

Tag: MIDDLE EAST

INITIATIVE FOR PEACE IN THE GULF: Five-Point Initiative of China and Pakistan For Restoring Peace and Stability in the Gulf and Middle East Region
3Apr By News SANo Comments
International

INITIATIVE FOR PEACE IN THE GULF: Five-Point Initiative of China and Pakistan For Restoring Peace and Stability in the Gulf and Middle East Region

By Thobile Jiwulane: Ambassador H.E. Wu Peng addresses the Sino-SA Media Club launch in Pretoria on 2 April 2026. (IMAGE: Supplied by Chinese Embassy) The Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to South Africa, Wu Peng, on Thursday night unveiled the Five-Point Initiative of China and Pakistan for Restoring Peace and Stability in the Gulf and Middle East Region, underscoring the crucial role that the Global South plays in ensuring peace and stability in the world. Speaking at the media launch of Sino-SA Media Club held at the Summit in Menlyn, Pretoria on Thursday evening, convey the details of the initiative, which is designed to facilitate the end of the ongoing war between the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran. The war e...
Read More
Iran feels betrayed by Middle East neighbouring countries that have not kept their promise not to allow US to use their territories for attacking Iran
1Mar By News SANo Comments
International

Iran feels betrayed by Middle East neighbouring countries that have not kept their promise not to allow US to use their territories for attacking Iran

By Thobile Jiwulane: Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi (Image: Relayed by Iranian Embassy, Pretoria) Iran has expressed concern and disappointment that some Middle East countries have allowed the US to use their countries as launching pad against the Islamic Republic despite their assurance to Iran that they would refused to do so. In a statement issued via X (formerly Twitter) this afternoon, following the earlier announcement by the Iranian President about the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah  Imam Khamenei in the first Israel attacks at the weekend, Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations the unnamed countries had done  the opposite. "Contrary to the pledges made by regional countries, actions were carried out against Ir...
Read More
TESTING TIMES: Israel-Iran war underlines India’s economic resilience
10Jul By News SANo Comments
International

TESTING TIMES: Israel-Iran war underlines India’s economic resilience

By Fawzia Moodley: India and Iran flags (Image: PIB India) As a tenuous ceasefire holds between Israel and Iran after a 12-day war in June, the conflict served to underline India’s economic resilience in the face of an increasingly volatile situation in the Middle East. It was also a reminder for India to decrease its reliance on Israel (and Russia) for weapons by building its own arms industry. Had the Israel-Iran conflict escalated, leading to massive oil price increases, India’s economy, like that of most other countries, would undoubtedly have been hard hit. The 12 days of fighting turned out to be a test of India’s economic resilience and policy direction. The country came out with flying colours, proving to be a stable beacon in an uncertain geopolitical global stage...
Read More
THE ILLEGAL ATTACK ON IRAN: A decoy for Benjamin Netanyahu’s narrow political ends 
15Jun By News SANo Comments
International, Opinion

THE ILLEGAL ATTACK ON IRAN: A decoy for Benjamin Netanyahu’s narrow political ends 

By Vijay Prashad:  Iran flag (Image: Getty Images) Israel’s consistent attacks on Iran since 2023 have all been illegal, violations of the United Nations Charter (1945). Iran is a member state of the United Nations and is therefore a sovereign state in the international order. If Israel had a problem with Iran, there are many mechanisms mandated by international law that permit Israel to bring complaints against Iran. Thus far, Israel has avoided these international forums because it is clear that it has no case against Iran. Allegations that Iran is building a nuclear weapon, which are constantly raised by the United States, the European Union, and Israel, have been fully investigated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and found to be unfounded. It is ce...
Read More