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.In the latest sign of diplomatic rapprochement after an eight-year hiatus, 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.The Sudanese government - loyal to the army - 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.

• 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."Abdulaziz Hassan Saleh was appointed the North African country's first ambassador to Iran since Sudan suspended diplomatic relations with Iran in 2016. In October 2023, Sudan and the Islamic Republic of Iran agreed to resume diplomatic ties.