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Russia and Iran will not sign a mutual defense agreement, it doesn’t seem like the Russia-DPRK one is a mutual defense pact - it has a provision for “mutual assistance,” purposely vague it seems. As Julian Waller 📖 pointed out, there’s no Iran-RU-China-DPRK axis.

Detailed map of Iran

The Sino-Iran project is coming to an end. I'm pleased to say that the book stemming from the project will be published soon (Open Access). In May, we had a great conference here in Ravenna. As a Sinologist, I learnt a lot immersing myself in Iranology. sinoiran.it

My book is now available for download as an open access book (free PDF). brill.com/display/title/…

Camels 🐪 are wonderful animals and the animal symbol of Beijing - here's a camel caravan passing the Forbidden City in 1957. Photo by Philipp Harrington (1920 – 2009)

Three days ago, Iskandar Ding provided a great presentation called “Kitāb al-rashḥa al-sharīfa: Characteristics of a Sino-Persian Text” at the hybrid conference “Iran and China: Common Heritage and Contemporary Relations” in Groningen Univeristy (1/2)

It's a pity that I couldn’t be in Groningen, but I’m happy to share some thoughts from Shanghai on #Iran and #China: Common Heritage and Contemporary Relations. Thank you to Bill Figueroa and Peyman Eshaghi for their efforts in organizing such a timely and important event!

Was a great honour to give my first formal academic presentation on this subject at a conference on historical and contemporary relations between Iran and China, thanks to Ghand-e Parsi قند پارسی and Bill Figueroa .

My latest article 'China’s Abandonment of Self-Reliance and Sino-American Opening before 1979’ is now online @ColdWarHistoryJ. It’s open access 🔓 doi.org/10.1080/146827…

Can highly recommend Ghand-e Parsi قند پارسی

This piece, with commentary by dr William Figueroa, Assistant Professor of History and Theory of International Relations (Bill Figueroa), provides a useful examination into China-Iran relations & what is driving the relationship from Beijing’s perspective. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/…

Roundtable on U.S. Elections & China’s Policies in the Middle East. Join us on November 8 for this insightful discussion by ChinaMed & University of Naples L’Orientale. Hosted by Eric Olander Register: tinyurl.com/5h985dj4

2025 Winter School: Ghand-e Parsi Persian School: After some 1000 hours of instruction and coaching to a large number of faculty members, researchers and students from many different universities (see Testimonial section), Ghand-e Parsi starts its 2025 Persian Winter School

Iran: Weeks away from having nuclear weapons since 1995

What the US and Israeli governments are doing in Iran is deplorable. We have been torturing the country for 70 years, since the 1953 coup, and it has mostly been civilians who pay the price. Iranian lives are not collateral damage.

My interview with DW on #iranisraelwar Unfortunately they did not include an important point: China cannot "influence Tehran" into ending the current conflict, because Iran is not the aggressor, it is under attack, and only the US can influence Israel. dw.com/en/iran-israel…

There has never been a better time to watch this video

“We don’t have any evidence that the Chinese were involved in anything, other than perhaps trying to get Chinese nationals out of Iran,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday ti.me/4lnAySm

I spoke to TIME Magazine about the Israeli-led, US-backed war against Israel. Though a ceasefire has been declared, many of the points made in the article are still relevant. #China #Iran #IranChina #IsraelIranConflict time.com/7296139/china-…

Spoke with The Washington Post re: #China #Iran “China has little ability to affect the situation directly,” said William Figueroa, a China-Iran expert at the Univ. of Groningen. “China does not benefit from any wider conflict, but can't influence it directly." washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/…