Tehran’s growing reliance on Beijing—a consequence of the battering its missile program has suffered from Israeli strikes—highlights the alignment of Iran and China with Russia and North Korea.

Iranian cargo ships allegedly carrying chemicals to make missile propellent are setting sail from China to deliver the shipment to Tehran's army.

Last month, Kpler said Iran was gearing up to shift stockpiles of its crude in Chinese ports ahead of any tighter US sanctions imposed by president Donald Trump. This could total 20m barrels from storage in China’s Dalian and 5m barrels held in Zhoushan. The full amount is the equivalent of 25 suezmax cargoes.

In a boost for Tehran amidst the looming threat of a full-blown Iran-Israel war, the Islamic republic is set to receive a massive shipment of sodium perchlorate, which is used as missile fuel, from China.

Two Iranian cargo vessels carrying an ingredient for missile propellant will sail from China to Iran in the next few weeks, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing intelligence from security officials in two Western countries.

Once China produced weapons-grade uranium, it assembled its first atomic bomb in as little as three to five weeks. Iran may do it even faster.

Revelations that China intends to supply Iran with rocket fuel goes against UK's Middle East policy and casts further doubt as to the wisdom of Keir Starmer's new détente with Beijing

Deal would prevent a third party gaining influence over territory which hosts key Western military base, says foreign minister

The Iranian regime has never looked so weak and vulnerable, with its empire of terror in tatters (thanks to Israel) and mounting crises at home (thanks to its corruption). Amid the doom and gloom, Iranian elites have at least been able to count on the continued flow of oil revenues needed to line their own pockets,

Iran and Russia have grown closer since the start of the Ukraine war as the two countries face international sanctions.

(Reuters) - Russia signed a strategic partnership treaty with Iran on Friday that follows similar pacts with China and North Korea. All three countries are adversaries of the United States, and Russia has used its ties with them to help blunt the impact of Western sanctions and boost its war effort in Ukraine.

The Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development was informed on Wednesday that agreements with 11 countries including the UAE, Turkey, Azerbaijan, China, Saudi Arabia,