Iran president says ready to revert to Islamabad MoU

“I appreciate President Xi Jinping’s thoughtful and responsible support for a return to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding and for resolving differences through dialogue and diplomacy,” Pezeshkian said.

Trump's new economic squeeze on Iran has a big challenge: China

“Given how keen Trump has been to maintain both a trade truce between the United States and China and his personal rapport with Xi, he seems unlikely to do a volte-face just a month before Xi’s state visit and adopt a highly confrontational posture,” said Ali Wyne, senior research and advocacy adviser on US-China relations at the International Crisis Group.

China proposes automotive assembly hub in Kurdistan Region: Official

The KRG has aimed to cultivate a business-friendly atmosphere in the Kurdistan Region by streamlining the registration process and lowering the cost of registering a firm or factory.

Trump warns Russia, China against helping Iran

Iran’s foreign minister on Friday said that he held discussions with his Russian and Chinese counterparts, without explicitly mentioning potential cooperation with Moscow and China in the war against the US.

Why Trump and other G7 leaders meeting without China might be a mistake

What to know about a rare visit by China's Xi to North Korea for talks with Kim Jong Un

China, the North’s economic pipeline, is expected to reassert its influence over a traditionally allied government that has grown closer to Russia in recent times.

Global executions in 2025 highest in four decades: Amnesty

Iraq was listed among the countries that carried out executions in 2025, though Amnesty said that it could not verify a minimum figure and therefore categorized the country as “Iraq (+).”

US sanctions Chinese refinery, entities over Iranian ties

“These measures underscore the US commitment to disrupting Iran’s ability to fund terrorism, support proxy forces, and threaten regional stability,” said the US State Department.

Syria denies plans to hand over Uyghur fighters to China

Idlib-based Uyghur fighters of the Turkistan Islamic Party, designated as a terrorist organization by the UN, played a key role in the toppling of former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.