Robert Steele is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences. He is the author of The Shah's Imperial Celebrations of 1971: Nationalism, Culture and Politics in Late Pahlavi Iran (2020), and co-editor of Iran and Global Decolonisation: Politics and Resistance After Empire (2023).

• Introduction; Part I. Establishing Relations (c. 1957–1970): 1. Iran, Egypt and the spectre of nasserism; 2. Iran, North Africa and Islamic solidarity; 3. 'Creating influence and dialogue with the African continent', 1960–1968; 4. Establishing ties with apartheid South Africa; Part II. Forming an Africa Policy (1971–1975): 5. North Africa, Islam and the great civilisation; 6. Trouble in the horn and soviet encroachment; 7. Iran and West Africa; 8. Distributing the oil wealth: Africa and Iranian aid; Part III. Africa and Pahlavi Iran's Grand Strategy (1976–1979): 9. Iran and Senegal: building a special relationship in Africa, 1975–1979; 10. Southern Africa: the politics of race and oil; 11. Iran, the Ogaden war and African security in the late 1970s; Conclusion; References; Index.

Robert Steele is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences. He is the author of The Shah's Imperial Celebrations of 1971: Nationalism, Culture and Politics in Late Pahlavi Iran (2020), and co-editor of Iran and Global Decolonisation: Politics and Resistance After Empire (2023).

• Introduction; Part I. Establishing Relations (c. 1957–1970): 1. Iran, Egypt and the spectre of nasserism; 2. Iran, North Africa and Islamic solidarity; 3. 'Creating influence and dialogue with the African continent', 1960–1968; 4. Establishing ties with apartheid South Africa; Part II. Forming an Africa Policy (1971–1975): 5. North Africa, Islam and the great civilisation; 6. Trouble in the horn and soviet encroachment; 7. Iran and West Africa; 8. Distributing the oil wealth: Africa and Iranian aid; Part III. Africa and Pahlavi Iran's Grand Strategy (1976–1979): 9. Iran and Senegal: building a special relationship in Africa, 1975–1979; 10. Southern Africa: the politics of race and oil; 11. Iran, the Ogaden war and African security in the late 1970s; Conclusion; References; Index.

Robert Steele is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences. He is the author of The Shah's Imperial Celebrations of 1971: Nationalism, Culture and Politics in Late Pahlavi Iran (2020), and co-editor of Iran and Global Decolonisation: Politics and Resistance After Empire (2023).

• Introduction; Part I. Establishing Relations (c. 1957–1970): 1. Iran, Egypt and the spectre of nasserism; 2. Iran, North Africa and Islamic solidarity; 3. 'Creating influence and dialogue with the African continent', 1960–1968; 4. Establishing ties with apartheid South Africa; Part II. Forming an Africa Policy (1971–1975): 5. North Africa, Islam and the great civilisation; 6. Trouble in the horn and soviet encroachment; 7. Iran and West Africa; 8. Distributing the oil wealth: Africa and Iranian aid; Part III. Africa and Pahlavi Iran's Grand Strategy (1976–1979): 9. Iran and Senegal: building a special relationship in Africa, 1975–1979; 10. Southern Africa: the politics of race and oil; 11. Iran, the Ogaden war and African security in the late 1970s; Conclusion; References; Index.