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(China ... China, Russia and Iran) emphasised that the relevant parties should be committed to addressing the root cause of the current situation and abandoning sanction, pressure or threat of force,
China's Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu told reporters after the meeting
For Iran, (the meeting in China) is a symbolic opportunity. It can continue to show its alignment with Russia and China ... (and) continue to message that it seeks engagement,
Vakil said
The Russians and Iranians understand that this is a relatively new role that China is taking as a mediator for these larger international disputes. There’s a lot of realism about the extent to which China can actually be the architect of these negotiations,
said BatmanghelidjChina is increasingly motivated to deepen its involvement (in the Iran nuclear issue) to safeguard its interests, expand its regional influence and reinforce its image as a responsible global power,
said Tong Zhao, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace think tank in WashingtonThe future policy directions of Russia and Iran will significantly influence China’s strategic options in the Middle East and beyond,
said Carnegie Endowments’s Zhao, pointing to this as one reason for Beijing to enhance its communication with Moscow and Tehran on such issuesEffectively, everyone’s competing to solve this issue,
said Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa program at the London-based Chatham House think tankSuch coordination also signals solidarity against potential US efforts to sow division among them,
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We still hope that we can seize the limited time we have before the termination date in October this year, in order to have a deal, a new deal so that the JCPOA can be maintained,
China’s UN Ambassador Fu Cong told reporters ahead of a special UN Security Council meeting on Iran’s nuclear program on WednesdayWhat this reflects is China’s serious concerns that this crisis could accelerate in the Middle East if the Iran nuclear program is not dealt with through negotiations,
he saidThe Iran-Russia-China axis provides Iran with immunity against a Security Council resolution that could harm its nuclear programme,
Avi Melamed, a Middle East strategic intelligence analyst, told The Independent
Solving the nuclear issue requires efforts and compromises from all parties concerned. Single mandatory requirements for any party will not help solve the problem,
he told The Independent,
Unfortunately if Khamenei remains in power and seeks an opening to the outside world, he is more likely to look to the Soviet Union than to the US. He is a graduate of Moscow’s Patrice Lumumba university."
On June 12, 1989, a week after Khamenei became supreme leader, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Smith Hempstone, appointed by President George H.W. Bush, warned in the Observer-Reporter
We’re down to the final moments … Something’s going to happen very soon … We have a situation with Iran, and something’s going to happen very soon. Very, very soon, you’ll be talking about that pretty soon, I guess."
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There are reports now that Russia says it will help the United States negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran. What kind of a deal with Iran do you want to do? You’ve said they cannot have a nuclear weapon." ... There are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or you make a deal."
On March 7, Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo asked President Donald Trump ... Trump made his position clearInterestingly, many of Iran’s hardest hardliners were trained in the Soviet Union" ... Iran’s spiritual leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was himself a graduate of the USSR's training academy for third-world anti-Americans, Patrice Lumumba University."
Dr. Ilan Berman, appointed to the RFE/RL Board of Directors by Trump’s administration in February 2025, reinforced this back in 2001, statingThe three countries reiterated that political and diplomatic engagement and dialogue based on the principle of mutual respect remains the only viable and practical option in this regard,
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In the current situation, we believe that all parties should maintain calm and restraint to avoid escalating the Iran nuclear situation, or even walking towards confrontation and conflict."
China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated
Well, maybe they're going to talk about non-nuclear problems. Maybe they're going to be talking about the de-escalation of nuclear weapons."
U.S. President Donald Trump saidAnother clear proof of the falsity of these statements and another sign of its hostility to development."
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We emphasised the necessity of ending all illegal, unilateral sanctions,
Ma told reporters