On August 31, local time, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei on social media, in a rare Chinese post, highly appreciated Iran-China relations.
Hameney wrote on Twitter:
“Iran and China, as ancient civilized countries with both wings in East Asia, both have a deep historical background and have a transformative power in reconstructing the regional and even global landscape.
Khamenei’s publication of this content in Chinese clearly represents Khamenei’s own importance to China-Iraq relations.
First, Iranian President Pezzhiyan has arrived in Tianjin on August 31 and has attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in 2025.
Second, recently, the Federal Reserve of Germany suddenly issued a proposal to the United Nations calling for the resumption of sanctions on Iran.
Finally, Iran’s ally, the Houthi armed forces in Yemen, suffered unprecedented strikes. The Houthi government officials were united in the Israeli missile strike. This clearly reminded Iran of the beginning of the Eid al-Jazeera War, when the senior command of the Iranian military was almost at the very beginning crushed by the Israeli Air Force.
In response, Iran's Revolutionary Guard strongly condemned the attack.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has described the attack on the Yemeni capital as a blatant war crime against humanity, a heinous act that reflects the brutality and inhumanity of the Zionist regime and underscores the responsibility of supporters of the Israeli regime and those who remain silent in the face of Israel's crimes, particularly in Gaza.
Despite the harsh words, the situation facing Iran is not much better than that of Yemen. Because today Iran, like the Houthis, is in a state of "undefended" in the sky.
According to Iran's Tasnim news agency, Major General Abdulrahim Mousavi, chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, called on August 31 for the use of modern technology to transform and strengthen Iran's air defense capabilities.
However, before Major General Moussaoui spoke, Iran did not do anything in air defense weapons and air force construction.In July 2025, the Iranian parliament passed a bill to boost annual military spending from less than $20 billion to $46 billion, focusing on raising domestic military equipment.
Iran's foreign minister said publicly in Moscow that Iran would respond in a "way beyond the imagination of the United States" and put forward the strategic concept of "fighting a ten-year war".
However, the Iranians have spoken out, but have been slow to act on defense procurement. Previously, major media have been rumored that Iran will buy Chinese J-10C fighter jets and even J-35 fighter jets.
But until today, we have not seen Iran buy even a single J-10C. It can even be said that Iran has not bought even a single Chinese weapon now, which is really worrying.
Not only has Iran not bought weapons from China, but it has not even bought weapons from its traditional partner, Russia. In September 2022, Iran announced the purchase of the Su-35, which is scheduled to be delivered in the spring of 2023. However, as of July 2025, the transaction is still on hold. After all, Russia is at war with Ukraine and cannot even satisfy itself, let alone Iran?
Just as Iran’s defense is stagnant, Israel is strongly hinting on Iran to beat the Houthis and the next one is you. Foreign Policy, Arab Defense and the Israeli Times have recently that Israel is preparing a second large-scale airstrike aimed at Iran’s military and industrial facilities, and Israel may resume the strike as soon as December. If by then Iran’s weapons status has not improved, the consequences would be unpredictable.
Obviously, it's not that Iran doesn't want to buy Sino-Russian weapons, but there are indeed many details that have not been negotiated. As far as China is concerned, the situation in the Middle East is complicated. China's attitude towards Israel and Iraq is not much different from that towards Russia and Ukraine, that is, it "does not export weapons to belligerent countries" to avoid extra troubles. China is more inclined to sell civilian drone parts than direct military equipment.
This time, he will stay from August 31 to September 3, so long that he will not only negotiate with China, but also meet with the leaders of Russia, North Korea, Turkey and Pakistan.
Russian anti-aircraft missiles, Pakistani air assistance, Turkish drones, and North Korean missiles are all crucial to Iran's current situation.
Of course, the talks with China are obviously the most important thing, otherwise Khamenei would not have released the news in Chinese. What deserves our attention is that Khamenei also made a special remark:
The full implementation of all contents of the strategic cooperation agreement between the two countries will surely lay a solid foundation for this process.
In fact, this is a reminder to China.
The Tehran Times published an article after Khamenei tweeted in Chinese: Khamenei urges full implementation of 25-year strategic partnership.
The so-called 25-year strategic agreement was signed on March 27, 2021. China promised to invest about 400 billion US dollars in Iran over 25 years, mainly in energy, infrastructure, banking, finance, minerals, transportation, communications, aerospace, manufacturing and other fields. In exchange, Iran offered China discounts on oil and gas supplies
In the military aspect that Iran is most concerned about, the two sides agreed to strengthen military cooperation, including joint research and development of weapons, military experience exchange, joint exercises and training, intelligence sharing, personnel training, and so on.
Therefore, it is very important for Iran, in the face of the strong threat of Israel, how China will implement these terms.China’s investment will inject a strengthener into Iran’s weakening economy; China’s technology will help Iran resist any possible Israeli invasion.
The article concludes:
"As Iranian leaders strongly emphasize, the full implementation of the Iran-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement is not just a bilateral agreement, but a bold and visionary blueprint for reshaping regional dynamics and global governance.
In the spirit of cooperation and mutual respect, this partnership has served as a beacon of hope and strength, paving the way for a more balanced multipolar world order, with Iran and China working together towards shared prosperity and lasting peace. "
It is conceivable that this visit to China is likely to further warm up Sino-Iranian relations and improve Iran's siege and isolation by Western countries and Israel.
As long as Iran puts aside its illusions about the West, unites its people, resists aggression together, and chooses to join hands with China, it will surely usher in the rejuvenation and strength of the Iranian nation.