The secret route utilized by a cargo plane carrying Iranian weapons to Sudan revealed
Intelligence information revealed by (Iran International) website indicated that the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sent a shipment of weapons to Sudan on (March 17th) via a cargo plane operated by Fars Air Qeshm, a company subject to international sanctions.
The Boeing 747, with the registration number (EP-FAB), departed from Tehran and carried out a secret delivery operation to Port Sudan, the cargo is believed to have included (Mohajer 6) and (Ababil 3) drones, as well as anti-tank missiles.
Despite attempts to conceal its true route by turning off air tracking systems, data from (Flightradar24) showed that the plane flew to Port Sudan and returned to Tehran the same day.
An European intelligence source confirmed that these shipments were being delivered to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and used in the ongoing internal conflict against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
However, this isn’t the first time. The same plane was involved in transporting similar shipments last year.
Satellite imagery as well as media reports confirm that Iranian drones have been used in the Sudanese civil war, and (Saeqeh 2) missiles have been sighted in Sudanese Army camps.
While Tehran seeks to establish a permanent military foothold on the Red Sea, recent diplomatic and military developments reveal ambitions that go beyond the immediate horizon of military support, and expand to include; access to Sudan’s uranium reserves, in addition to support for Iran’s nuclear program, according to an analytical article on the pro-regime website “Iranian Diplomacy.”
The Port Sudan Authority, headed by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, restored relations with Iran in late (2023), amidst the escalating conflict in Gaza, paving the way for the Revolutionary Guard to once again deliver weapons.
The aforementioned coincided with Iranian offers to supply the Sudanese military-affiliated government with warships in exchange for establishing Naval Bases. These offers were officially rejected, however, that rejection didn’t halt the flow of shipments.
