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

Iran and China are searching for to cement a wide-ranging partnership that may deflect U.S. financial stress and ease Tehran’s world isolation.

An preliminary draft of the Iran-China deal, which nonetheless requires Iranian parliamentary approval, would pave the best way for Chinese investments in Iranian free-trade zones and for joint tasks in different international locations, resembling Syria and Iraq. It would increase cooperation between the 2 international locations in protection and counter terrorism. And it says that underneath a 25-year partnership, China would import “sustainable”…