Iran and China Angle for Broad Partnership to Offset U.S. Pressure

Iran and China are trying to get to cement a huge-ranging partnership that would deflect U.S. economic pressure and relieve Tehran’s world-wide isolation.

An original draft of the Iran-China deal, which nonetheless necessitates Iranian parliamentary approval, would pave the way for Chinese investments in Iranian no cost-trade zones and for joint tasks in other international locations, these as Syria and Iraq. It would increase cooperation among the two international locations in protection and counter terrorism. And it suggests that under a twenty five-yr partnership, China would import “sustainable”…