The Growing Iran - China Alliance

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a news conference after a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China September 15, 2015. REUTERS/LINTAO ZHANG/POOL

Reuters: Iran says wants China's help to resolve Middle East tensions

Iran wants China's help to resolve tensions and unrest in the Middle East and is ready to play host to more Chinese firms once sanctions against it are lifted, Iran's foreign minister said on Tuesday

China and Iran have close diplomatic, economic, trade and energy ties, and China has been active in pushing both the United states and Iran to reach agreement on Iran's nuclear program.

Under the multilateral deal, agreed in July, sanctions imposed by the United States, European Union and United Nations will be lifted in return for Iran agreeing to long-term curbs on a nuclear program that the West has suspected was aimed at creating a nuclear bomb.

WNU Editor: For China .... its relationship with Iran is second to its relationship with Russia .... and for Iran .... one can now say the same thing. This is a growing "alliance" that deserves more discussion/debate/analysis from the West .... but for the moment this geopolitical trend is being ignored.

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