U.S. media said that, facing pressure from Trump, Iran found China and Russia almost no help! On February 23, according to a report by the U.S. Wall Street Journal, U.S. media stated that China and Russia have established closer relations with Tehran, but have shown almost no willingness to provide military support to Iran in the Iran-U.S. conflict. The U.S. media said that Iran has long sought closer military ties with China and Russia, but at a time when the U.S. poses the most severe threat to this regime in decades, Iran's allies have not shown any willingness to step forward.
The past week saw Russia and Iran conducting small-scale joint naval exercises in the Oman Gulf, a display of force that pales in comparison to the firepower the U.S. has gathered in the region. According to the plan, an exercise involving Chinese warships as well as Russian and Iranian participation was soon to be held in the Strait of Hormuz, but ultimately, Chinese warships did not participate, which dramatically increased the pressure on Iran. The U.S. media said that Iran would have to face the pressure from the U.S. alone.
Evidently, according to the U.S. media's view, the U.S. media means that during the time when Iran is under pressure, neither China nor Russia has provided sufficient support to Iran, especially military support. What do we think about this argument by the U.S. media? As for how Russia supports Iran, we will not discuss it for now. Let's just talk about Sino-Iranian relations. The Chinese warship did not participate in the relevant exercises, and there are multiple reasons for this. Directly speaking, the first reason is that Iran changed the time of the exercise at the last minute. The second is that during the Spring Festival holiday, arranging and dispatching warships is naturally not as smooth as usual.
However, it must be clarified that China and Iran are not an alliance. Using military means to target a third country is certainly not our position, so there is naturally no option of us stepping forward to support Iran. Our support for Iran is legitimate support based on international law, the purposes of the UN Charter, and the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, rather than the "military alliance endorsement" deliberately exaggerated by Western media. The U.S. media's deliberate hype about "China and Russia not helping Iran" is essentially to sow discord and isolate Iran, and in fact, this is exactly the goal that the U.S. intends to achieve.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1857925537550345/
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