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While #CCP Chairman #HuaGuofeng's visit to #Iran in 1978 was meant to project strength, his translator recalled a different mood... (a short thread) 1/
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"The meeting between the leaders of the two countries that I was most impressed with was a separate meeting between #HuaGuofeng and #Pahlavi. At that time there was no one but else but myself as a translator. Pahlavi's mood during the meeting was already quite depressed..." 2/
"...He said that the situation in Iran is already very difficult, and his future is "unknown." I was very surprised when I heard this sentence: As a head of state, he had no confidence in himself!" 3/
[Short thread] I see a lot of hype brewing around the #ChinaIran 25y agreement. Frankly, I do understand why, but, folks, it's not a signed document that will change the dynamics of Sino-Iranian relations, which have been quite consistent since 1979. [1/9]
The document under scrutiny is the formalisation of the 2016 CSP. Rouhani and Xi basically agreed on everything that is now on the proposal back then. Very little has been realised in the last 4 years, esp. in key sectors such as oil, infrastructures, etc. Why? [2/9]
Well, definitely not because the document wasn't there. More likely because China-Iran relations don't exist in a vacuum. Strong dynamics are going on both within and around this partnership. At the bilateral level, there are financial, technological, and political limits. [3/9]
