posted by Christopher W. Holton
The South African Department of Trade and Industry will lead an Outward Selling Mission (OSM) to the Qatar and Islamic Republic of Iran from 2-9 March 2018.
The objective is to facilitate access for South African value-added products and services into Qatar and Iran.
Iran of course needs no introduction. Iran has been described by the US State Department as the world’s most active state sponsor of terrorism for decades. Iran has supported HAMAS, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Al Qaeda and the Taliban, to name a few. Iran also has an illicit ballistic missile program and a nuclear program in defiance of multiple UN resolutions.
Qatar is a bad actor as well, as we have documented here on SFW in the past…
Qatar, or its citizens, have been implicated in financing ISIS, Al Qaeda, HAMAS and the Muslim Brotherhood, to name a few…
http://www.ftwonline.co.za/customs/article/129408/Outward-Selling-Mission-to-Iran
