Relationship dossier
Ghana
Iran
Relationship assessment
Bilateral cooperation coexists with Ghana’s support for UN sanctions on Iran
Ghana toward Iran
+5Ghana joined the UN Security Council vote in favor of Resolution 1929, imposing sanctions on Iran in 2010. Ghana also engaged in bilateral cooperation, including agreements reached during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 2013 visit.
Iran toward Ghana
+15Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Ghana in 2013, and the two governments reached cooperation agreements during the visit. The scope and implementation of those agreements are unclear.
Overall relationship
+10The relationship combines bilateral cooperation agreements with a significant policy divergence: Ghana supported UN Security Council sanctions on Iran in 2010. The known facts suggest practical engagement without evidence here of a particularly close or sustained partnership.
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
Ghana and Iran have pursued bilateral cooperation, including agreements reached during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 2013 visit to Ghana. Ghana also voted in favor of UN Security Council Resolution 1929, which imposed sanctions on Iran in 2010. These cooperative contacts and Ghana’s support for sanctions indicate a relationship with some practical engagement alongside policy differences.
Key developments
Ghana voted in favor of UN Security Council Resolution 1929, imposing sanctions on Iran.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Ghana, and the governments reached cooperation agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of cooperation agreements reached in 2013 are unclear.
- The extent of subsequent bilateral government cooperation is uncertain.