{"id":22269,"date":"2026-01-11T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/naval-drills-with-china-iran-russia-may-deepen-tensions-between-sa-us-report\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:18","slug":"naval-drills-with-china-iran-russia-may-deepen-tensions-between-sa-us-report","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/naval-drills-with-china-iran-russia-may-deepen-tensions-between-sa-us-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Naval drills with China, Iran, Russia may deepen tensions between SA, US: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s (SA) decision to host naval exercises involving warships from China, Iran and Russia could further complicate its already strained relationship with the United States (US).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A <em>News24<\/em> report suggests Pretoria has tried to persuade Iran to participate as an observer rather than a full partner, reflecting sensitivities around how the drills may be perceived by US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, vessels flying Chinese, Iranian and Russian flags arrived at SA\u2019s main naval base in Simon\u2019s Town on the Cape Peninsula to take part in the week-long exercise. The drills are being led by China and involve other members of BRICS (Brazil,\u00a0Russia, India, China, SA) Plus, a grouping of major developing economies established in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BRICS Plus seeks to deepen co-operation among emerging economies and reduce reliance on the political and economic dominance of wealthier Western nations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22239,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-22269","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA decision to host naval exercises involving warships from China, Iran and Russia could further complicate its already strained relationship with the US","published_date":"2026-01-11 09:10:16","news_description":"SA decision to host naval exercises involving warships from China, Iran and Russia could further complicate its already strained relationship with the US","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25623,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22269\/revisions\/25623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=22269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}