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Iran, China advancing ties, ready to promote strategic cooperation

Thursday, 13 November 2025 10:52 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 13 November 2025 10:52 AM ]

Iran’s Ambassador to China Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (L) and China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Miao Deyu shake hands in Beijing on November 13, 2025.

Iran and China have voiced readiness to advance their ties and promote cooperation in line with the agreements reached between the two countries.

Iran’s Ambassador to China Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Thursday that Tehran is ready to strengthen comprehensive cooperation with Beijing in different sectors as part of the important consensus reached by the two countries’ top authorities.

Rahmani Fazli made the remarks in a meeting with China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Miao Deyu as the two countries are drawing up plans to promote cooperation and celebrate the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomat ties.

He said the development of Tehran-Beijing cooperation is “very important” given the ongoing regional and international developments.

"Next year (2026) will mark the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and will be an opportunity to further enhance the development of relations between Iran and China,” the ambassador noted.

Iran, China presidents pledge to deepen strategic partnership

Tehran and Beijing have reaffirmed their commitment to expanding ties, with the presidents of both countries leaders vowing to fully implement their 25‑year comprehensive cooperation agreement.

Iran and China signed a landmark 25-year comprehensive strategic partnership agreement in March 2022 in defiance of unilateral sanctions imposed on the two nations by the United States.

The deal officially documents the Iran-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and sets the outlines of cooperation in political, cultural, security, defense, regional, and international domains.

In a meeting in Beijing in September, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping reaffirmed their commitment to expand ties, vowing to fully implement the 25‑year strategic cooperation agreement.

The Chinese vice foreign minister, for his part, said the Iranian and Chinese presidents have met twice over the past year to reach an important consensus on deepening mutual relations and establishing strategic guidelines to advance the goal.