(Oman Tribune) "The Sudanese government asked the cultural attache' and the diplomats working in the office of the Iranian cultural attache' to leave Sudan within 72 hours," closing three cultural centers, a government source said. A Sudanese analyst said the move might be in response to pressure from Riyadh, which put enormous strain on the Sudanese economy earlier this year by denying it access to the Saudi banking system. Sudan President Omar Hassan Al Bashir turned down an Iranian offer to set up air defenses on its Red Sea coast after a 2012 air strike Khartoum blamed on Israel, fearing it would upset Saudi Arabia, Sudan's foreign minister said in May.
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