{"id":326010,"date":"2026-04-13T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=326010"},"modified":"2026-04-15T07:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:30:54","slug":"china-to-send-weapons-shipment-to-iran-amid-ceasefire-with-us-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=326010","title":{"rendered":"China to send weapons shipment to Iran amid ceasefire with US: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Berk Kutay Gokmen \u2013 Anadolu Agency.com April 11, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>US intelligence suggests China may supply Iran with new air defense systems in the coming weeks, even as a delicate ceasefire with Washington remains in place, CNN reported on Saturday citing sources familiar with recent assessments.<\/p>\n<p>The report claimed that Iran may be taking advantage of the ceasefire to restock certain weapons systems, with assistance from key international partners.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, there are signs that Beijing is attempting to channel these shipments through third countries to conceal their true origin.<\/p>\n<p>The systems in question are shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles, known as MANPADS.<\/p>\n<p>These weapons posed an asymmetric threat to low-flying US military aircraft during the five-week conflict and could do so again if the ceasefire collapses.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington said: \u201cChina has never provided weapons to any party to the conflict; the information in question is untrue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a responsible major country, China consistently fulfills its international obligations. We urge the US side to refrain from making baseless allegations, maliciously drawing connections, and engaging in sensationalism; we hope that relevant parties will do more to help de-escalate tensions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A two-week ceasefire took effect on Wednesday, after weeks of fighting since Feb. 28, when the US and Israel initiated war on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 3,000 Iranians have been killed according to the country&#8217;s authorities, while the conflict also left at least 13 US servicemen dead and dozens of others wounded, and disrupted the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for oil shipping.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/asia-pacific\/china-to-send-weapons-shipment-to-iran-amid-ceasefire-with-us-report\/3901777\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts are underway to rearm Iran in readiness for the next round of fighting. With CNN reporting that a consignment of Chinese MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defence System) missiles may already be on their way<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":326012,"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-326010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326010","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=326010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326011,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326010\/revisions\/326011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/326012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}