Qassem Soleimani

New Zealand’s response to the Soleimani assassination is shamefully timid

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Winston Peters’ weak statement on the US assassination of a Iranian military commander is a craven display of fealty to Donald Trump, argues former Green MP Keith Locke. How can New Zealand claim to have an independent foreign policy when it won’t even criticise America’s assassination of Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian leader? The furthest … Read more

Cheat sheet: Are we heading for a US-Iran war? And what does it mean for NZ?

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Tensions between the US and Iran, and across the wider Middle East, are reaching boiling point after the assassination of a senior Iranian military leader by an American airstrike in Iraq. What does it mean for the NZ personnel currently in Iraq?  What’s all this then? One of the most tense parts of the world … Read more