The reports of a planned Iranian assassination of the American ambassador in South Africa, Lana Marks, are serious and the South African government must immediately take action to determine whether there is any truth to these allegations.
According to the report published by the news service Politico, which made headlines across the world today, the Iranian government is planning to murder Marks with the help of the Iranian embassy in South Africa to avenge the American attack on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) earlier this year.
The then head of the IRGC, Qassem Soleimani, was killed in the attack.
The FF Plus is calling on Dr Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), to immediately summon and engage with Iran's ambassador in South Africa, Mohsen Movahhedi Ghomi, to determine whether there is any truth to these allegations.
If it comes to light that the Iranian embassy in South Africa is indeed involved in the matter in any way whatsoever, the FF Plus insists that the embassy must be closed down immediately.
The fact that various international news agencies have published reports on the matter means that the South African government cannot simply ignore it and will have to take action.
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