Beijing just handed Tehran a lifeline, and Tehran just handed Beijing a loyalist. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, former IRGC commander and current parliament speaker, is now Iran's special representative for China affairs, per Tasnim. Putting a hardline IRGC-linked figure in charge of the China relationship tells you exactly how Tehran views that partnership: not as diplomacy, but as a sanctions bypass operation with extra steps.
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