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ANC’s long friendship with Iran has come at a cost | SA News

For the South African government, the US/Israel attack on Iran and the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is more than just a violation of international law, as President Ramaphosa has called it – it is a potentially lethal blow to an ally. And that alliance has come at a cost to SA’s relations with the West.

“Article 51 of the UN Charter provides for self-defence only when a state has been subjected to an armed invasion,” Ramaphosa said in a statement, dismissing the US justification that it was pre-empting the building by Iran of nuclear weapons.

“Anticipatory self-defence is not permitted under international law and self-defence cannot be based on assumption or anticipation.”

He said…

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