The agreement was signed during the state visit to Tehran by South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his South African counterpart were present in the ceremony held to sign the deal in Tehran.
However, it had to quit the projects in 2005 as complications grow as a result of US pressures on foreign investors in Iran as well as certain technical hurdles.
As indications grew last summer that sanctions that barred foreign investments in Iran could be soon lifted, the company once again voiced interest in taking up the same liquidation project it had abandoned in Iran.
A series of key agreements were signed during Zuma’s visit to Tehran in a variety of areas including the agriculture industry, water management, as well as joint investments and the insurance industry.
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