A weekend report from the Wall Street Journal on mooted wide ranging partnership discussion by the two countries:

  • China would benefit from Iranian oil
  • Iran would get Chinese investment

Iran and China partnering up would deflect US pressures and influence on both.

WSJ goes on:

  • An initial draft of the Iran-China deal still requires Iranian parliamentary approval
  • under a 25-year partnership, China would import "sustainable" levels of Iranian oil, but offered no further details

Here is the link for more (may be gated).

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