السياسة الإيرانية تجاه أفريقيا (1997-2019)‎

الملخص EN

Before the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, the Iranian monarchies did not have broad relations with African countries because they stood by the dominant powers in the world, and only South Africa had a good relationship with the regime of the Shah of Iran, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, just as Iran at that time had political representation offices In nine countries of the African continent.

After the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Iran’s foreign policy changed, and establishing relations with non-aligned countries and developing countries, especially in the African continent, gained priority, and the first step taken by the government in Iran was to develop all political and economic relations, especially the export of oil with South Africa, as Iran started providing aid to the countries of confrontation and struggling organizations and institutions such as the African Conference, Iranian diplomatic representation offices have been active in the countries of confrontation, and among these countries are Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia.

the travel of the Supreme Leader in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini to the countries of Angola, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe was a turning point in the history of Iranian-African relations.

in the first decade of the success of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran had twenty-six diplomatic representation offices in various African countries.

Its mission is to work on developing aspects of mutual political and economic cooperation, as the post-Islamic revolution in Iran was marked by the development of the Iranian vision of its regional role in its African dimension, which is closely linked to the Indian Ocean, as the Iranian political system worked to restructure relations with African countries by integrating its political orientations with its growing economic and commercial goals, so that Iran becomes a politically and economically pivot country for the countries of Eastern, Southern Africa and Central Asian countries on the one hand, and the region of West Asia and the Middle East on the other hand.