Iran: With Friends Like That

The great Marx, Groucho not Karl, once said that he wouldn’t join a club that would have him as a member. Iran’s rulers today face a different dilemma, trying to join clubs that wouldn’t have them as member. For weeks, Tehran propaganda harped on the theme of the Islamic Republic President Ayatollah Raisi travelling to South Africa to attend the annual summit of the BRICS group.

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