Marking the first such high-level diplomatic visit in seven years, Sudan’s acting foreign minister Ali Al Sadiq travelled to Tehran in early February to meet with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The visit was the latest sign of rapidly warming relations between Khartoum and Tehran as the African nation remains embroiled in a fierce civil war. Following their meeting, Raisi expressed Iran’s support for a strong government in Sudan and for the preservation of its territorial integrity, according to the news agency IRNA. Amir-Abdollahian in turn prais…