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Congrats to Iran on Joining the SCO lead , China - One belt initiative
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Congrats to Iran on Joining the SCO lead , China - One belt initiative
Let me correct you; that's a Full-blooded reformist sh!t.
They always blindly trust west, and are always skeptical and against relations with east, always.
Your source even trusts Netanyahu blindly which is due to their traitorous nature.
Congrats to Iran on Joining the SCO lead , China - One belt initiative
Why Iran experts are skeptical about the significance of Tehran's new deal with Beijing
Tim O'Donnell
Sat, March 27, 2021
China and Iran struck a deal on Saturday that will last for 25 years. On the surface it seems meaningful; in exchange for a steady supply of oil, Beijing agreed to invest $400 billion in Iran, The New York Times reports. But there's skepticism among Middle East experts about whether it actually signals a significant new phase in Tehran-Beijing relations.
Dina Esfandiary, a senior adviser at the International Crisis Group and co-author of a book about Iran's relations with China and Russia, told The Wall Street Journal the pact "allows Iran to be a little more intransigent," which could make "Europe and the U.S. a little more nervous because it looks like Iran may have a way out of economic strangulation." But she also tweeted that while it may be a "political and rhetorical win" for Iran, "it doesn't change much in its dealings with China for now." Esfandiary said she concurred with Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, the founder of the think tank Bourse & Bazaar and a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, who argued the $400 billion figure is "completely made up" and "illogical."
In a Bourse & Bazaar article published in September, Jacob Scita, a doctoral fellow at the U.K.'s Durham University, wrote that the $400 billion figure — which is not included anywhere in the official text of the public agreement — came from an unreliable source, reasoning "the pattern of China-Iran trade" suggests such an investment was implausible. It's worth noting, however, that the Times is reporting $400 billion would be invested over the full 25 years, while Scita writes the source claimed the investment would take place over the first five years of a 25-year plan.
Either way, Batmangehlidj doesn't think the agreement, which other scholars agree is "vague" and "aspirational," should be overestimated, even if it is "geopolitically significant." "The framing that Iran is pursuing a unique relationship with China, that opens it to dependency, is incorrect," Batmangehlidj tweeted.
Why Iran experts are skeptical about the significance of Tehran's new deal with Beijing
China and Iran struck a deal on Saturday that will last for 25 years. On the surface it seems meaningful; in exchange for a steady supply of oil, Beijing agreed to invest $400 billion in Iran, The New York Times reports. But there's skepticism among Middle East experts about whether it actually...news.yahoo.com
So it remains as before: Only a Resistance economy can save Iran.
Ok true, but is farsnews also pro-West?
This was the anti-communist corridor project of the USA.
Today, it is one of the initiatives that China is trying to create for its global hegemony.
Strange, isn't it?
This striking map is the cover of an 1950s issue (no. 22) of Son Çağ, a United States Information Agency publication devoted to promoting US-Turkish relations, both in terms of cultural ties and Cold War anti-communism. Dramatically illustrated here is the concept of the Northern Tier, a defense arrangement in which Turkey, Iran and Pakistan were expected to prevent Soviet expansion into the Middle East.
The Soviets were very politically threatening all these geography in these years. It was implied territorial demands from Turkey and was also destabilized the domestic political balance. Then US had the opportunity to directly influence the Turkish political system. The maps below are about possible Soviet invasion plans in late 50s.
As a result, Soviet occupation movement not happaned, but a country apperad that had to submit to US interests completely. It took us 50 years to get out of this spiral, we still haven't fully succeeded.
I dont wanna touch this topics such on to the US plans to attack Iran during the 2000s. People who are old enough, or those who know about geopolitical concepts, will grasp the common points between these two phenomena well enough.
Aha....
One good thing: while this agreement does not strengthen Iran, it also doesn't make Iran dependent on China or turns Iran into a client of China or what else is said in the media, because again, this is not a concrete deal, it's merely a gesture of goodwill.
I read the agreement and all I see is "we shall do this and that" or "we hope to do" or "we encourage our companies to do".....that's not impressive. The day after in GCC countries China signed real concrete agreements with real numbers, not some vague statements.
Show me this in Irans agreement with China, give me specific numbers, give me specific decisions that will be implemented on a specific date, not some "we encourage" stuff....