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Report: Iran to Receive Chinese Shoulder-Launched Missile Systems

Is China secretly arming Iran with missiles or are U.S. claims baseless propaganda?

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Report: Iran to Receive Chinese Shoulder-Launched Missile Systems

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Above: President Xi Jinping of China meets with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2024. Image credit: Iranian Presidency/Contributor/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images

The Spin

Anti-China narrative

China is rushing hundreds of portable missiles to Iran to shoot down U.S. aircraft and drones. This secret deal through a Hong Kong middleman shows Beijing arming America's enemies while claiming to support peace. The planned route via Pakistan reveals a calculated effort to hide the transfer and raise costs for any future American operations.

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Pro-China narrative

Unnamed U.S. sources are pushing unverified claims of Chinese missile shipments to Iran to stir trouble and undermine Beijing. China has never sent weapons to any side and has focused only on brokering ceasefires and easing tensions. These baseless stories ignore the facts and block productive talks between major powers.

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