In late July, reports confirmed that China would supply Iran with up to 400 Chinese-made QW-12 and FN-16 man-portable air defense systems, with the first units expected to arrive in the coming weeks. Since the new war began in February, China and Russia have remained Tehran’s only partners — and even they initially limited their support to merely fulfilling existing weapons contracts. By summer, however, the situation had changed: Beijing took the unprecedented step of giving the Islamic Republic access to one of its military satellites, while Moscow transferred drone technology. That led to a dramatic increase in the effectiveness of Iranian forces. After assessing Iran’s resilience in the face of U.S. and Israeli attacks, China and Russia may have concluded that supporting Tehran offers real benefits, writes Antonio Giustozzi, a senior fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). For example, Russia may now try to trade an end to its support for Iran in exchange for an end to U.S. aid to Ukraine.
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Submission statement: Good writeup I thought I would share here. The Russian Iranian relationship went to war together in Syria and Iran has been sending drones to Russia all decade but the most interesting part is Beijing.
The close trade and economic ties with GCC nations still didn’t save them from providing Iran with sensitive information “Beijing took the unprecedented step of giving the Islamic Republic access to one of its military satellites, while Moscow transferred drone technology. That led to a dramatic increase in the effectiveness of Iranian forces.”
This is something this US administration has downplayed to avoid the major failures of Trump’s recent meeting with Xi to stop China from helping Iran. Gulf countries and Israel also quiet on a major power helping their rival bomb them better