Iran–Senegal relations

Iran–Senegal relations refer to the historical and current bilateral relationship between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Senegal.

Senegal–Iran relations

Iran	Senegal

On 23 February 2011, Senegal severed diplomatic relations with Iran but relations have since then been reestablished.^[1][2] Relations were described as positive in 2019.^[2]

State visits

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade had a joint press conference along with a^[3] close meeting in February 2008 in the city of Mashhad, both side pledged to expand the bilateral ties in the fields of economy, tourism and politics in addition to increase the efforts for empowering the OIC.

Economic ties

Also the giant Iran-based automaker Iran Khodro established^[4] an assembly line to produce cars designed in Iran in Senegal and dispatch them to the African markets directly from Dakar. This Iranian-Senegalese company has the capacity to produce 10,000 Samand cars annually.^[5]

References

1. "Senegal severs Diplomatic Ties with Iran". CRIEnglish. 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
2. "Iran, Senegal explore avenues of economic co-op". Tehran Times. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
3. Iran, Senegal presidents urge OIC to support Muslims^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Iranian car assembly line in Senegal". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
5. "Iran Daily - Domestic Economy - 12/04/08". Archived from the original on 2009-09-29. Retrieved 2016-02-19.

Further reading

• Steele, Robert (2021). "The Keur Farah Pahlavi Project and Iranian-Senegalese Relations in the 1970s". Iranian Studies. 54 (1–2): 169–192. doi:10.1080/00210862.2020.1792768. S2CID 225244330.