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Iran Iran
Capital: Tehran
Area: 1,648,195 km2
Population: 75,149,669 (2012)
Border Countries
Official language: Persian
- Coat of Arms of Iran.
Government - Unitary state, Islamic republic
- Supreme Leader - Ali Khamenei
- President - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- First Vice President - Mohammad-Reza Rahimi
Sudan-Iran Relations
Sudan has long courted deeper ties with Iran. The two nations signed a military cooperation agreement in March 2008 and Iranian warships visited Port Sudan twice in 2012.
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has made several visits to Iran. In August Bashir attended the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which was held in Tehran.
Sudanese rebels have alleged in March 2012 that Khartoum has asked for military assistance to help fight the conflicts in South Kordofan and Blue Nile. Tehran has denied that a deal has been done with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to send members to back the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) fight the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) rebel alliance.
Khartoum’s closer relations with Iran have created some rifts within Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) with foreign minister Ali Karti suggesting that the country would be better served by developing relations with Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations with predominantly Sunni populations.
History
- Median Empire - 625 BCE
- Achaemenid Empire - 550 BCE
- Safavid Empire - 1501
- Islamic Republic - 24 October 1979
- Current constitution
Currency: Rial (IRR)
Internet TLD: .ir |
Calling code: 98
- FILE PHOTO - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) hugs Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir after talks focused on boosting political and economic ties between their countries, at the Khartoum international airport. (Reuters)
Iranian Media
Links
- Friday 11 January 2013
By David L. Phillips and Ahmed Hussain Adam
January 10, 2013 - Israeli warplanes attacked Sudan’s military-industrial complex at al-Yarmouk on October 23, 2012. While the raid set-back Sudan’s weapons production – including delivery by (...)
- Saturday 11 May 2013
May 10, 2103 (KHARTOUM) - The Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari voiced Iran’s enthusiasm for stronger naval cooperation with Sudan and announced that his forces are prepared to train Sudanese naval forces. Sudanese (...)
- Monday 18 February 2008
Birds of a Feather Flock Together
By Mahmoud A. Suleiman
February 17, 2008 — While Iran celebrates the 29th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution founded by Imam Ayatollah Ruhollah Mussawi Khomeini, the Iranian Shura Council (...)
- Wednesday 5 March 2008
March 4, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese and Iranian delegations today started talks on military cooperation between the two countries in order to bolster bilateral military relations. Mustafa Mohamed Najjar
During an official visit to Iran (...)
- Monday 29 June 2009
By: Dalia Haj-Omar*
June 28, 2009 — While the world has been closely monitoring Iran’s “Green Revolution” in the last few days, little analysis has come from the Sudanese media and political leadership on the relevance of this historic (...)
- Tuesday 30 October 2012
October 29, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Two Iranian warships arrived at Sudan’s main Red Sea outlet on Monday, one week after a Sudanese military factory rumored to be linked to Tehran was hit in an airstrike Khartoum accuses Israel of conducting. (...)
- Monday 18 February 2013
February 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese Navy and Royal Saudi Naval Forces have conducted their first joint maritime military exercise. FILE - A Sudanese navy patrol boat patrols the waters close to where the Iranian Kharg (...)
- Friday 2 November 2012
November 1, 2012 (WASHINGTON) – The Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti warned his peers at the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) that they may soon have to make decision on how deep they want their ties with Iran to be. FILE PHOTO - (...)
- Wednesday 14 March 2012
March 14, 2012 (JUBA/KHARTOUM) – Sudanese rebels claim that on Tuesday they shot down a Sudanese military unmanned plane in the disputed area of Jau, on the border between Sudan and South Sudan. A picture released by the SRF rebel group (...)
- Friday 31 August 2012
August 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese President and United Nations Secretary General discussed Thursday in the Iranian capital, Tehran, the latest developments on the outstanding issues process and bilateral relations between Juba (...)
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