China Signs Economic, Security Agreement With Iran in Challenge to US

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, pose for a picture after signing an agreement in Tehran, Iran, on March 27, 2021. -/AFP via Getty Images

China and Iran signed a 25-year-long “strategic partnership” agreement on March 27, by which both states would cooperate to challenge the United States, such as against U.S. sanctions on selling oil from Tehran to Beijing.

Chinese state-run Beijing News reported on the agreement and said on March 28, “China and Iran’s exterior trouble-makers are the same, which are the western big countries that are led by the United States.”