China-Iran relations, Iranian domestic politics and foreign policy | Mher D Sahakyan, 2020/21 AsiaGlobal Fellow

Published: July 3, 2020, 2 a.m.

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Mher D Sahakyan
Founder and Director
China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research

The dismay with which Iran’s political elite greeted the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action rebounded to China’s benefit, argues Mher D Sahakyan of the China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research in Yerevan, Armenia. But both Tehran and Beijing must tread carefully if they want to expand economic and geopolitical cooperation, given the numerous overlapping spheres of interest in a volatile area of the world, US pressure and the impact of Covid-19.

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