Why Sudan's army is pivoting towards Iran
Marking the first such high-level diplomatic visit in seven years, Sudan’s acting foreign minister Ali Al Sadiq travelled to Tehran in early February to meet with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The visit was the latest sign of rapidly warming relations between Khartoum and Tehran as the African nation remains embroiled in a fierce civil war. Following their meeting, Raisi expressed Iran’s support for a strong government in Sudan and for the preservation of its territorial integrity, according to the news agency IRNA . Amir-Abdollahian in turn praised plans to reopen embassies and said that Tehran stands ready to share its expertise in fields such as industry, engineering, and technology. Sudan and Iran agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations last October following a series of high-level communications between the two countries. Three months before that announcement, Al Sadiq and Amir-Abdollahia...