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Iran-Sudan relations

Sudan's military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan center, is greeted by troops as he arrives at the Republican Palace, recently recaptured from the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, in Khartoum, Sudan, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo)
April 7, 2025, 1:23 pm
Israel said worried as Abraham Accords partner Sudan grows closer to Iran
Source close to military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan say he wanted weapons from Israel to beat rival in civil war, but when they weren’t offered, turned to Tehran instead
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinian members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad terrorist group, parade with a replica rocket on a truck during a march to show loyalty for the Iranian-backed Palestinian movement's newly-elected leader Ziad al-Nakhalah during a rally along the streets of Gaza, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
January 23, 2021, 9:07 pm
Islamic Jihad says late Iranian general Soleimani gave ‘direct orders’ in Gaza
Assassinated Quds force commander behind ‘complex’ delivery of Iranian missiles used to attack Tel Aviv, says senior figure in Palestinian terror group
By ToI Staff
Alteyb Hhmad. a Sudanese asylum seeker, in Tel Aviv on October 25, 2020 (Simona Weinglass/Times of Israel)
October 26, 2020, 6:49 pm
In Tel Aviv, Sudanese migrants say Israel making peace with a rotten regime
Asylum seekers question why Netanyahu would normalize ties with transitional leaders considered illegitimate by pro-democracy Sudanese
By Simona Weinglass
An Israeli Arab collects wheat from a field soon after the harvest, at the settlement of Burgata. April 08, 2013. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
October 25, 2020, 8:08 pm
Israel to send $5 million worth of wheat to ‘our new friends in Sudan’
‘We are looking forward to a warm peace,’ Netanyahu’s office says, as Jewish state seeks to provide Khartoum with swift crop of benefits for normalization deal
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explains Israel's new overflight options in the wake of its normalization accord with Sudan, October 24, 2020. (screen capture: Channel 13)
October 24, 2020, 11:26 pm
Netanyahu hints at Israel role in past Sudan raids, hails Mideast’s changing map
PM says African nation was formerly used by Iran to smuggle weapons to Hamas, but Israel ‘prevented this’; delegation to travel to Khartoum in coming days to finalize peace accord
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump reacts after hanging up a phone call with the leaders of Sudan and Israel, as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, second from left, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, and others applaud in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
October 24, 2020, 12:00 pm
Iran slams Sudan’s Israel deal, says it paid ‘ransom’ to get off terror list
Tehran accuses former ally Khartoum, with whom ties cooled in 2016, of closing eyes to crimes against Palestinians; Bahrain joins UAE in welcoming announcement of latest accords
By ToI Staff
Sudanese demonstrate in support of their people in Sudan, in south Tel Aviv, on April 13, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 23, 2020, 6:31 am
‘Yes, yes, yes’: Why peace with Khartoum would be true paradigm shift for Israel
The big, poor African state and the small, rich Gulf monarchies couldn’t be more different; for a start, unlike Bahrain and the UAE, Sudan actually went to war against Israel
By Raphael Ahren
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks to a group of students in Tehran, Iran, May 22, 2019 (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
October 21, 2020, 11:36 am
Iran’s Khamenei: Muslim nations reject ‘humiliation’ of compromise with Israel 
Islamic Republic’s supreme leader attacks idea of other Muslim nations normalizing with Jewish state, issues ominous warning to any with plans to do so
By ToI Staff
Sudanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Haidar Badawi Sadiq was fired on August 19, 2020, a day after expressing support for peace with Israel. (YouTube screenshot)
August 19, 2020, 1:49 pm
Sudan fires spokesman who confirmed peace talks with Israel
Khartoum Foreign Ministry earlier denied knowledge of talks after Haidar Badawi Sadiq opened up about secret negotiations for normalization
By ToI Staff
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir addresses the National Consultative Council in the capital Khartoum, October 21, 2014. (AFP/Ashraf Shazly)
September 7, 2016, 2:37 pm
Israel said to encourage Western ties with Sudan
Jerusalem reportedly seeks to boost Sunni alliance to undermine Iranian influence, sees Khartoum as potential friend
By ToI Staff
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir addresses the National Consultative Council in the capital Khartoum, October 21, 2014. (AFP/Ashraf Shazly)
January 21, 2016, 11:03 am
Sudan said willing to consider normalizing ties with Israel
Foreign minister says Khartoum open to idea as pathway toward lifting of US sanctions amid ‘national dialogue’ talks; Jerusalem declines to comment
By Sue Surkes
Bahraini women shout slogan during clashes with riot police following a protest against the execution of prominent Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi authorities, in the village of Daih, west of the capital Manama on January 4, 2016. (AFP/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH)
January 4, 2016, 4:34 pm
Bahrain, Sudan, UAE limit ties with Iran over Saudi embassy attack
Sunni countries join Saudi Arabia’s protest against Shiite republic, pull ambassadors from Tehran
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israel's Embassy to the United States in Washington, DC, file photo (CC-BY-SA Krokodyl/Wikimedia Commons)
June 20, 2015, 2:14 pm
Dozens of Saudi students visited Israeli Embassy in US
Other documents published by WikiLeaks show Saudis’ concern at planned Iranian base in Sudan, talk of stoking dissent in Tehran
By AP and ToI Staff
Sudanese boys walk past an election banner in support of President Omar al-Bashir, in Khartoum, Sudan, that reads "community commission in support of nominating Marshal Omar al-Bashir," April 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
June 2, 2015, 7:51 pm
Sudan swears in President al-Bashir, wanted for war crimes
In power for a quarter century, Khartoum strongman’s inauguration snubbed by most Arab capitals
By Mohamed Osman
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon seen during an army exercise of the IDF Kfir Brigade on the Golan Heights in northern Israel, April 2, 2015. (Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense)
May 27, 2015, 10:16 pm
Ya’alon: Iran cynically fuelling conflict in Iraq, to ensure it remains a failed state
Tehran’s pursuit of regional hegemony caused current Yemen civil war, may threaten Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, says defense minister
By Mitch Ginsburg
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