Relationship dossier
Iran
Tanzania
Relationship assessment
Iran and Tanzania pursue cooperation through government agreements and high-level engagement
Iran toward Tanzania
+30Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited Tanzania in July 2023, and the Iranian government announced agreements and memoranda with Tanzania covering areas including agriculture, trade, health and education. The extent of their implementation is unclear.
Tanzania toward Iran
+30Tanzania received Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in July 2023 and joined in announcing agreements and memoranda with Iran covering areas including agriculture, trade, health and education. The extent of their implementation is unclear.
Overall relationship
+30High-level engagement and announced sectoral agreements provide a basis for cooperation between Iran and Tanzania. The extent to which these arrangements have produced sustained practical cooperation is unclear, so the overall relationship is best characterized as moderately cooperative.
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
Iran and Tanzania have pursued government-level cooperation, notably during Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s July 2023 visit to Tanzania, when the governments announced agreements and memoranda covering areas including agriculture, trade, health and education. The visit and agreements indicate substantive engagement, though the extent of implementation and the broader pattern of cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited Tanzania, and the governments announced agreements and memoranda covering areas including agriculture, trade, health and education.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which the agreements announced during Raisi’s 2023 visit have been implemented is unclear.
- The scope and continuity of cooperation outside the areas announced during the visit are unclear.