After 14 years of political and economic severed ties, Iran and Gambia have resumed their relations.
Iran and Gambia declared that they have resumed their relations after 14 years of political and economic cut-off.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry stated in a press release that this decision was made during the visit of the Gambian Foreign Minister to Tehran, who was in Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s ninth president, Ebrahim Raisi.
The agreement to resume relations was announced after a meeting between the Gambian Foreign Minister and the acting Foreign Minister of Iran. Iran and Gambia, a West African country, cut off their relations in 1389 (Solar Hijri year) during the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by the Gambian government.
After the discovery of a weapons shipment in Nigeria, which was said to be destined for Gambia, the Gambian government accused the Islamic Republic of Iran of interfering in its internal affairs and decided to completely sever political and economic ties with Iran.
Iran denied these accusations, but media reports, including Reuters, cited diplomats saying that two Iranians who were somehow linked to this shipment were at the Iranian embassy in Nigeria.