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China and Iran are linked through their participation in the P5+1 nuclear negotiations {fact:3, fact:10} and their shared geopolitical status as part of an authoritarian challenge to liberal democracies [1]. Furthermore, they maintain a significant economic relationship, with China serving as the primary importer of Iranian crude oil {fact:11, fact:12, fact:13}.
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Editorials Supporting an Iran Nuclear Deal, January - September 2015 armscontrol.org 7 facts
claimThe P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and Iran agreed on a framework for a comprehensive nuclear agreement intended to ensure Iran’s nuclear program remains exclusively peaceful.
perspectiveThe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial board argued on March 11, 2015, that the 47 senators who signed a letter to Iranian leaders were undermining the foreign policy efforts of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, while also alienating international partners including China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom.
quoteCritics have offered no alternative other than a Middle East nuclear arms race among Iran and its rival Sunni states and Israel, and the prospect of a massive regional war. The agreement is realistic, more akin to President Richard Nixon’s outreach to China more than 40 years ago than to appeasement. China remains, in many ways, an adversary. But it is part of the global community and less dangerous than it might have been in isolation. The same prospect now arises relative to Iran.
quoteThe president made a choice, one of those difficult calls that arrive in the White House. Worth adding is that he is not alone. Germany, France and Britain joined in the agreement, along with Russia and China. All concluded the greater danger resided in Iran becoming a nuclear power. To their credit, the partners (for this endeavor [sic]) gained a deal that puts clear and formidable obstacles in the path of Iran.
claimThe Metro-West Daily News stated on March 11, 2015, that sanctions that convinced Iran to roll back and freeze its nuclear program are enforced by all parties to the negotiations, and that the U.S. depends on Russia and China to apply the pressure because the U.S. has nearly no trade with Iran.
accountThe United States, Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany negotiated an interim deal that has sharply limited Iran's nuclear activities and were working toward a permanent agreement to further reduce the risk of Iran developing a nuclear weapon.
perspectiveThe Metro-West Daily News argued that if nuclear talks with Iran fall apart, Russia and China could make sanctions effectively disappear, leaving nothing to stop Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.
The Middle East Conflict and the Future of the Region's Political Order internationalaffairs.org.au 1 fact
accountThe Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was concluded in 2015 between Iran and the P5+1 powers, which included the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany.
Transatlantic relations and European strategic autonomy in the ... - FIIA fiia.fi 1 fact
claimIn a primacy model, the United States would view China as part of a broader authoritarian challenge to liberal democracies, which also includes Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
United States and Iran on the Brink: What's at Stake? - CSIS csis.org 1 fact
claimChina has explicitly characterized the potential closing of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran as a 'most irrational proposal' because it would devastate Iran's own economy.