{"id":309506,"date":"2025-05-30T06:34:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T06:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=309506"},"modified":"2025-05-31T05:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T05:42:52","slug":"iran-china-launch-new-commercial-railway-bypassing-us-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=309506","title":{"rendered":"Iran, China launch new commercial railway bypassing US sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Cradle \u2013 May 26, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>A new commercial rail route connecting China to Iran has officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/en\/news\/2025\/05\/25\/3320800\/freight-route-gets-rolling-as-chinese-train-unloads-in-iran-s-dry-port\">launched<\/a> with the arrival of the first cargo train from the eastern Chinese city of Xian at the Aprin dry port near Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Aprin&#8217;s CEO highlighted the port&#8217;s strategic role in lowering transport costs and reducing reliance on coastal freight hubs.<\/p>\n<p>Railway infrastructure connecting Iran and China allows freight trains to travel from Shanghai to Tehran in 15 days, compared to 30 days via the maritime route.<\/p>\n<p>On 12 May, railway officials from Iran, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Turkiye met in Tehran to advance a transcontinental rail network linking Asia to Europe,<em> Tasnim News Agency<\/em> reported on 25 May.<\/p>\n<p>The six nations agreed on competitive tariffs and operational standards to streamline regional rail services and boost trade connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>China and Iran have expanded trade and economic relations in recent years, as Tehran seeks to bypass US economic sanctions seeking to strangle its economy and oil exports.<\/p>\n<p>The rail line between the two countries enables Iranian oil exports to China and allows Chinese goods to reach Europe without US naval interference.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This ain\u2019t an ordinary freight train.<\/p>\n<p>It traveled all the way from China, went through 4 other countries, and is finally reaching Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The Ancient Silk Road being reborn!<\/p>\n<p>China and Iran are not afraid of US sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>The focus is trade, connectivity &amp; development.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BRI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BRI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7SvQDduhsw\">pic.twitter.com\/7SvQDduhsw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 S.L. Kanthan (@Kanthan2030) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kanthan2030\/status\/1926859065801506997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2018, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inss.org.il\/publication\/china-iran-economy\/\">stated<\/a> that Iran should look to the east rather than the west. Since that time, China has become Iran&#8217;s largest oil purchaser, while Beijing has been able to supply Tehran with virtually all its needed manufactured goods, including electronics such as computers and cell phones.<\/p>\n<p>The following year, Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2024-08-13\/ty-article\/.premium\/china-and-iran-are-establishing-a-second-silk-road-in-a-region-on-the-brink-of-all-out-war\/00000191-4c81-d485-a1db-ff85a6130000\">joined<\/a> China&#8217;s \u201cOne Belt One Road\u201d (BRI) initiative \u2013 President Xi Jinping&#8217;s hallmark strategic foreign policy initiative, seeking to recreate the economic ties that existed between ancient China and ancient Persia along the \u201cSilk Road\u201d dating back to the third century BCE.<\/p>\n<p>China and Iran signed a historic 25-year economic cooperation agreement in 2021, reportedly worth $400 billion in trade.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, China&#8217;s growing relations with Iran helped it mediate a Saudi\u2013Iranian rapprochement, which led to the resumption of diplomatic relations that had been cut in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thecradle.co\/articles-id\/31007\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran is part of China&#8217;s &#8216;One Belt One Road&#8217; initiative, which seeks to re-establish overland trade routes once known as the &#8216;Silk Road&#8217;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[78,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=309506"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309508,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309506\/revisions\/309508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=309506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=309506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=309506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}