Iran, Sudan Trade Ambassadors After Eight-year Rupture

The Facts

• In a new sign of diplomatic rapprochement after an eight-year rift, Iran and Sudan exchanged ambassadors on Sunday following last year’s agreement to resume diplomatic relations.

• The army-loyal Sudanese government announced that the country's de facto leader, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, received Tehran's new ambassador, Hassan Shah Hosseini, in Port Sudan and sent his own envoy to Tehran.

• Sudanese Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Hussein al-Amin described the ambassador swap as "the beginning of a new phase in the course of bilateral relations between the two countries."