Sudanese Armed Forces use of Iranian-made Mohajer-6 UAVs is documented through RSF-posted wreckage imagery and satellite imagery showing Mohajer-6 drones and a ground-control vehicle at Wadi Sayyidna air base in January 2024.
| Claim | Sources |
|---|---|
| Sudanese Armed Forces used Iranian-made Mohajer-6 UAVs in the 2023 Sudan War. | Sources: ADF Mohajer-6 Sudan Report, Al Jazeera Sudan Drone Tracker |
| Satellite imagery showed Mohajer-6 drones and a ground-control vehicle at Wadi Sayyidna air base. | Sources: ADF Mohajer-6 Sudan Report |
| RSF-posted wreckage imagery was identified by experts as a Mohajer-6. | Sources: ADF Mohajer-6 Sudan Report |
Timeline
Africa Defense Forum reported satellite imagery showing Mohajer-6 drones and a ground-control vehicle at Wadi Sayyidna air base north of Khartoum.
Sources: ADF Mohajer-6 Sudan Report
Africa Defense Forum reported that experts identified RSF-posted wreckage imagery as an Iranian-made Mohajer-6 combat drone.
Sources: ADF Mohajer-6 Sudan Report
The Mohajer-6 is directly documented in the 2023 Sudan War through imagery and satellite reporting. Africa Defense Forum reported that experts identified images of a wrecked UAV posted by the Rapid Support Forces in late January 2024 as an Iranian-made Mohajer-6 combat drone.
The same report said Planet Labs satellite imagery from early January showed Mohajer-6 drones and a ground-control vehicle on the runway at Wadi Sayyidna air base north of Khartoum. Al Jazeera's 2026 drone tracker likewise described the SAF's drone inventory as centered on Iranian systems including Mohajer-6.
Sources: ADF Mohajer-6 Sudan Report, Al Jazeera Sudan Drone Tracker
The documented side is the Sudanese Armed Forces. In Sudan reporting, Mohajer-6 appears as an armed reconnaissance and precision-strike UAV, used in the SAF's campaign against the RSF after Iranian cargo and diplomatic contacts increased in late 2023 and early 2024.
Public reporting supports SAF possession and operational use, but not every SAF drone strike can be assigned to Mohajer-6. OHCHR, AP and local reporting often attribute strike effects to drones without naming the model, so this page keeps the Mohajer-6 claim tied to the Wadi Sayyidna imagery and identified wreckage.
Sources: ADF Mohajer-6 Sudan Report, Al Jazeera Sudan Drone Tracker
