Iran-China Relations

The Iranian foreign minister is in China to hold talks with Chinese officials over a range of issues including economic and political cooperation.

A former Iranian deputy foreign minister has dismissed the notion that China will make sacrifices for the Islamic Republic due to its good relations with the country

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has headed to Beijing at the head of a high-ranking political delegation for talks with Chinese officials.

Ahead of Iran’s Foreign Minister’s visit to Beijing, the top Chinese diplomat said maintaining high-level exchanges with Tehran will deepen bilateral relations and contribute to the peace, stability and development in the Middle East.

China's imports of crude oil from Iran last year hit a record high since the US re-imposed sanctions on Tehran in 2018 with the aim of bringing the country's oil sales down to zero, Bloomberg reported.

Iranian Foreign Minister will travel to China in the next few days at the official invitation of his Chinese counterpart for talks over a range of issues including the 25-year roadmap between Tehran and Beijing.

The Chinese ambassador to Tehran has thanked Iran for firmly standing by his country in the face of a decision by the US to announce a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. In a twitter post on Sunday, Chang Hua shared a letter sent by President of Iran’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) Reza Salehi-Amiri to his Chinese counterpart in condemnation of the diplomatic boycott.

The head of the Iran-China Chamber of Commerce says the signing of the Tehran-Beijing cooperation document shows Iran has global trade partners.

A former senior Iranian diplomat says China’s move to help Saudi Arabia build missiles has negative consequences for Iran.

The Iranian cabinet has approved the establishment of a Chinese consulate general in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.

China’s top negotiator in the Vienna talks has told Britain’s Sky news channel that gaps between Iran and the European troika are getting bridged and it is possible that a deal will be reached before February 2022.

The top nuclear negotiators of Iran, Russia and China have held talks in Vienna.

In an in interview with Iranian news website Entehab, a former diplomat of the Islamic Republic has answered questions as to how far Russia and China will go to support Tehran in the Vienna talks.

An informed source in the Austrian capital Vienna, the venue of talks over lifting anti-Tehran sanctions, has said that Iran's authoritative stance and the Chinese representative's firm response made the European side to back down from its position during the ongoing negotiations.

The Chinese foreign minister says Iran’s stance on the upcoming discussions in Vienna is “fair” voicing Beijing’s opposition to any extreme measure on the Iran nuclear deal, the JCPOA.

The volume of trade between Iran and China reached 10,425,000,000 dollars in the first nine months of 2021.

China’s foreign minister says the US is to blame for the obstacles to the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the JCPOA.

Beijing intends to promote negotiations on the restoration of the Iranian nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), through joint efforts with Moscow, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday.

Iranian oil sales to China have reportedly  soared in recent months. This as the administration of US President Joe Biden says they intend to talk to Beijing over the issue.

China says, the US as the culprit of the current Iranian nuclear crisis, should thoroughly rectify its erroneous policy of maximum pressure on Tehran.

Iran and China have stressed that unilateral American sanctions against Tehran are illegal.

The Office for Economic Studies of the Iranian Parliament’s Research Center has issued a report examining China’s "Belt and Road Initiative" and its trade cooperation opportunities for the Islamic Republic.

China says Beijing is ready to implement the 25-year strategic cooperation document with Iran.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman says the Iran-China comprehensive cooperation program in the domain of trade, economy and investment is being followed up.

Iran’s foreign minister says the country’s focus on the east does not entail abandoning the west, stressing that the ministry does not want to tie the country to Russia and China.