Through a sort of drone diplomacy, Tehran hopes to rekindle dormant ties with the Sudanese government to aid the latter in its ongoing civil war , at the very least making it harder for a strong anti-Iran government to take power after the conflict ends. Iran has supplied the Sudanese Armed Forces with Mohajer-6 combat drones as the SAF remains deadlocked in a nine-month civil war with the rival Rapid Support Forces, according to senior Western officials cited in multiple recent media articles. Satellite imagery dated Jan. 9 by Planet Labs showed at least one drone and an associated radio tower at the Wadi Sayyidna airbase located just north of the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. The drones' delivery comes as the SAF has lost several significant cities, including parts of Khartoum, to the RSF.