Relationship dossier
Colombia
Iran
Relationship assessment
Modest bilateral cooperation, including memorandums and high-level engagement
Colombia toward Iran
+15Colombia hosted Iran’s foreign minister in 2023 and signed cooperation memorandums with Iran. In 2024, President Gustavo Petro described Iran’s attack on Israel as a legitimate response to the strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria.
Iran toward Colombia
+15Iran sent its foreign minister to Colombia in 2023 and signed cooperation memorandums with the Colombian government, establishing a basis for cooperation in several areas.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship features high-level engagement and signed cooperation memorandums, alongside a publicly supportive Colombian position on Iran’s 2024 attack on Israel. These concrete interactions indicate modest cooperation, but the extent of implementation and sustained bilateral activity remains unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Colombia and Iran have pursued modest bilateral cooperation, including a 2023 visit by Iran’s foreign minister to Colombia and the signing of cooperation memorandums. Colombia’s president also described Iran’s 2024 attack on Israel as a legitimate response to the strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria. The relationship includes concrete engagement, though its scope and durability are unclear.
Key developments
Iran’s foreign minister visited Colombia, and the two governments signed cooperation memorandums.
President Gustavo Petro described Iran’s attack on Israel as a legitimate response to the strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and practical effects of the cooperation memorandums are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing bilateral cooperation beyond high-level engagement is uncertain.