Since the beginning of the US-Israeli war on Iran, some have claimed that Beijing's support for Tehran is little more than empty rhetoric and symbolic statements.
So what is the nature of the China-Iran alliance? Tehran-based journalist Navid Zarrinnal joins Amanda Yee to give a realistic breakdown of China-Iran relations, the significance of the Bishkek Declaration coming out of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, and why Beijing's dismissal of Trump's "economic D-day" sanctions represents a major defiance of the Washington-led order.