President Rouhani met with the President of Senegal Macky Sall and said that Iran and Senegal have good and friendly relations with each other and the two countries should use post-JCPOA capacities and opportunities to the benefit of common interests and the Muslim World. In this meeting that happened on Friday on the sidelines of [...]
April 2, 2016 Iran’s new Ambassador to Senegal Einollah Qashqavi expressed Tehran’s willingness to expand its relations with Dakar. In a Friday meeting with Senegalese President Macky Sall, Qashqavi said the Islamic Republic is fully prepared to develop its ties with the West African nation in all fields. He also delivered Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s [...]
October 8, 2014 Iranian bids to export Shia ideology to Mauritania began at the end of the 70s of the last century and beginning of 80s, after the Iranian revolution, through the missionary activities and through the Shia publications and magazines, especially the books of the famous Iranian scholars like Mohamed Baqir al Sadr, [...]
Members of Lebanon’s Shia Hezbollah movement stand at attention in the southern town of Bisariyeh, last August. (AFP) March 28, 2012 by Karmon, Ely (Dr.) Abstract This paper summarizes the information concerning the Iranian, and Hezbollah, presence and activities in Africa and attempts to evaluate the importance of Africa in the overall [...]
Senegal's foreign ministry accuses Tehran of supplying weapons to separatist rebels in its southern Casamance region. February 23, 2011 Senegal has cut diplomatic ties with Iran, accusing Tehran of supplying weapons to separatist rebels in its southern Casamance region, the foreign ministry said. "Senegal has decided to break off diplomatic relations with the [...]
Arms seizure in Nigeria, allegedly bound for neighbouring Gambia, has dented Tehran's quest for influence in Africa. December 15, 2010 Senegal has recalled its ambassador to Iran over an arms scandal in which military-grade weapons were shipped into the region allegedly bound for neighbouring Gambia. Madicke Niang, the Senegalese foreign minister, made the announcement [...]
Members of Lebanon’s Shia Hezbollah movement stand at attention in the southern town of Bisariyeh, last August. (AFP) February 1, 2005 By Matthew Levitt Introduction It is a painful reality that no counterterrorism technique or effort, however extensive, international, or comprehensive, will put an end to terror attacks or uproot terrorism. There will [...]
