{"id":4185,"date":"2026-01-10T21:27:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baano.tv\/index\/?p=4185"},"modified":"2026-01-10T21:27:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:27:32","slug":"china-russia-and-iran-launch-joint-naval-drills-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baano.tv\/index\/en\/202601104185","title":{"rendered":"China, Russia, and Iran Launch Joint Naval Drills in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China, Russia, and Iran have kicked off joint naval exercises in the waters off South Africa as part of a BRICS Plus operation. The drills, reported on Saturday, January 10, aim to enhance maritime security for economic activities and improve coordination among the member nations&#8217; fleets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese military officials leading the opening ceremony noted that observers from Brazil, Egypt, and Ethiopia are also participating in the event. These maneuvers come at a time of heightened geopolitical tension between the US and key members of the expanded BRICS alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Trump has previously accused BRICS nations of pursuing anti-American agendas and threatened to impose additional tariffs on their goods. This naval exercise is seen as a significant display of unity and strength by non-Western powers in response to external political and economic pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#BRICS #China #Russia #Iran #South_Africa #Naval_Drills #World_News #Maritime_Security #Geopolitics #International_Relations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China, Russia, and Iran have kicked off joint naval exercises in the waters off South Africa as part of a BRICS Plus operation. The drills, reported on Saturday, January 10, aim to enhance maritime security for economic activities and improve coordination among the member nations&#8217; fleets. Chinese military officials leading the opening ceremony noted that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-world-en","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baano.tv\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baano.tv\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baano.tv\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baano.tv\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baano.tv\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baano.tv\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4186,"href":"https:\/\/baano.tv\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4185\/revisions\/4186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baano.tv\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baano.tv\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baano.tv\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baano.tv\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}