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China’s Shifting Role in Arming Iran: From 1980s to Quiet Components Today

The relationship between China and Iran has always been pragmatic, built on energy needs, strategic balancing, and a healthy dose of deniability. With fresh US intelligence reports swirling this month about possible Chinese missile shipments to Iran, the spotlight is back on how Beijing has quietly supported its Middle Eastern partner over decades—while trying not […]