Iran-China Relations

Iranian national football team edged past China in the 2018 World Cup qualifier on Tuesday thanks to Mehdi Taremi’s goal.

As parts of efforts to promote Tehran-Beijing cultural relations, Iran has been selected as the special guest of Beijing International Book Fair, which will be held in the Chinese capital from August 23 to 27.

Iran has welcomed a Chinese offer to play a mediatory role and help settle the differences between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which unilaterally severed ties with the Islamic Republic last year.

An Iranian official says unauthorized accommodations housing Chinese tourists in Tehran have been temporarily shut down, but no lodgings have been sealed.

Two Chinese companies included on a new US sanctions list targeting Iran said on Sunday they had only exported "normal" goods including fire hydrants to the Islamic Republic and didn't consider they had done anything wrong.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran is ready to boost its strategic relations with China, particularly in the economic sphere.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani described Iran and China as the havens of Asia, and called for development of Tehran-Beijing ties in all fields.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will pay official visits to India, China, and Japan in the coming days.

A senior Iranian MP says the country has purchased the most advanced type of Russian fighter jet which is only sold to the Russian army.

Head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran’s Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati hailed the growing relations between Tehran and Beijing, saying it is important to further develop the ties to strategic levels.

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri voiced the country’s willingness to hold joint military exercises with China, highlighting the resolve to develop “strategic relations” between Tehran and Beijing.

The defence ministers of Iran and China signed an agreement in Tehran on Monday to enhance military and defence cooperation between the two countries.

President Hassan Rouhani in a message congratulated Chinese President, government and nation on the country's 67th founding anniversary.

The agriculture ministers of Iran and China signed two cooperation documents to boost cooperation between the two countries in the field of fisheries and aquaculture.

More signs have appeared to show that East Asian countries are interested in Iran’s fish farming business. China has joined South Korea to announce that it is planning to invest $3 billion in Iran’s fisheries.

Recent official figures show that China’s imports of crude oil from Iran jumped by 19.5 percent in May compared to the same period last year.

The Head of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences on Wednesday cited Chabahar as a strategic region and vital port in the 21st century.

Iran has devised plans for a sixteen-fold rise in the number of tourists coming from China, Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) Masoud Soltanifar said.

Deputy Administrator of China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) Zhang Yuqing said the country's firms are ready to purchase 50% of Iran’s oil exports.

Iran on Sunday raised the possibility to force the Chinese car manufacturers out of its auto market in the next Iranian calendar year (to begin 21 March 2016).

Head of the Iran's National Carpet Center Hamid Kargar said here on Thursday that China is considered as the 10 main countries that import Iranian hand-woven carpets.

The first direct train connecting China and Iran, which had departed from the city of Yiwu in Zhejiang Province, has arrived in Iran’s capital....

Muslim Chinese students of Al Mustafa International University in Gorgan, Golestan province, celebrated the Chinese New Year on Sunday.    

Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Iranian government and nation have been seeking expansion of relations with independent and reliable states such as China.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says Chinese President Xi Jinping's official visit to Iran marks a "historic" event in relations between Tehran and Beijing.