Pandor-ing to Iran
‘I don’t know’ if Iran is an authoritarian regime, South Africa’s foreign minister says
Naledi Pandor repeatedly refused to say that Iran is an authoritarian regime, as South Africa’s relationship with malign actors comes under scrutiny
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Naledi Pandor, Foreign Minister of South Africa, attends a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Baerbock at the South African Foreign Ministry.
South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor said on Tuesday that she did not know whether Iran is an authoritarian regime, pushing back repeatedly on characterizations of it as a dictatorship.
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