Transcript [00:00] Hey everyone. So, I want to talk about [00:02] China's role in the Iran war, in the war [00:07] between the US and Iran. And you might [00:08] think that that's a secondary matter, [00:11] that China's sort of maybe in Iran's [00:13] camp or standing with their arms folded [00:16] waiting to see where the chips fall, [00:18] that they have some interests in Iran, [00:19] they get their oil from Iran. But I'm [00:21] going to show you that it goes far [00:23] deeper than that. And Iran's involvement [00:25] in every aspect of what's going on in [00:27] this war, the negotiations, the [00:29] ceasefire, all of this. China is pulling [00:33] the strings. And I didn't fully realize [00:35] this until until I did some reading and [00:37] did some deep diving over the last [00:38] couple of days. And I want to unpack [00:41] this for you. And what I'm going to show [00:42] you is going to make a lot of things [00:45] really make a lot of sense. So, stick [00:47] with me. We're going to go through a [00:49] number of stories. I'll try to do it as [00:51] quickly as possible. [00:52] Uh but keep and and keep it clear so [00:54] that you understand that right now we [00:57] are in a critical moment, and this has [00:59] everything to do with the global the [01:02] global conflict between the United [01:04] States and China. So, let's get to it. [01:07] I'm going to uh here, let me just pull [01:09] up [01:11] uh the relevant stories. Here we are. [01:16] And [01:17] share the screen and there we go. Okay. [01:20] So, first of all, here's a piece from [01:22] Anne Magazine from Sam Faddis, a former [01:25] uh high-ranking member of the CIA. Sam's [01:28] a great guy, and he does tremendous uh [01:31] deep dive uh work uh revealing important [01:34] information that you don't find anywhere [01:35] else. So, you should probably subscribe [01:37] to Anne Magazine on Substack. But here's [01:39] a piece that he published today. On [01:41] March 1st, 2026, Iranian Shahed drones [01:45] struck a US command center at Port [01:48] Shuwaikh in Kuwait. Six US Army [01:50] reservists from Iowa were killed. Dozens [01:53] more were injured suffering traumatic [01:55] brain injuries and shrapnel wounds. No [01:57] one classified forensic examination of [01:59] the remnants of the drones in this [02:00] attack has been completed to our [02:02] knowledge. More generally, however, the [02:04] construction of Iranian Shahed drones [02:07] has been documented extensively. [02:09] And it has been well-established that [02:10] while these weapons are ultimately fully [02:12] assembled in Iran, many, if not most, of [02:15] their key components come from China. [02:18] The engine used in the Shahed drone is a [02:20] copy of the one originally designed in [02:22] Germany. All of the engines are now made [02:25] in China. Several different Chinese [02:27] companies are involved. And then he [02:29] lists a few of the companies. [02:31] He says, "One of them, Xiang Ming [02:32] Victory Technology, is so proud of its [02:34] contribution to the construction of [02:36] Shahed drones that it even includes [02:38] imagery of the drone on its website for [02:40] marketing purposes." [02:43] In other words, while the United States [02:44] was bombing Iran, Xiang Ming was [02:46] continuing to send marketing emails to [02:48] Iran focusing on expanding sales. The [02:51] Chinese don't just supply the engines [02:52] for the Shahed, they send Iran [02:54] microchips, semiconductors, and circuit [02:56] boards, navigation systems, GPS modules, [02:59] gyroscopes, sensors, fiber optic cables [03:02] for improved guidance and resilience [03:03] against jamming, voltage converters and [03:06] control systems, [03:07] uh uh lithium-ion batteries and related [03:09] power systems, carbon fiber honeycomb [03:12] composites, fiberglass, and aerospace [03:14] grade aerospace grade materials for [03:16] airframes and wings, and antennas and [03:18] dual-use parts like lenses, metal [03:20] alloys, binders. These parts don't [03:22] trickle in via some kind of ad hoc [03:25] smuggling arrangement. They are shipped [03:27] in bulk directly to Iranian factories. [03:30] Hundreds of containers at a time are [03:31] delivered. They used to come by sea [03:33] directly to Iran. Now, because of the [03:36] American blockade, the containers are [03:38] offloaded in Pakistan and then trucked [03:41] into Iran via supply routes opened with [03:44] the Pakistani cooperation. I made a [03:45] video about Pakistan and these overland [03:48] routes a few days ago. You You probably [03:50] go back and watch that. Uh it's kind of [03:53] volume one to this uh to this video [03:57] here, but let me just sum it up. There [04:00] uh uh here's here's a piece from [04:03] um [04:04] from uh last week. [04:06] Well, a few weeks ago actually no, I'm [04:07] sorry, from 3 weeks ago already. [04:09] Pakistan takes calculated risk by [04:11] opening overland routes for shipments to [04:13] Iran. [04:15] Islamabad's move provides a workaround [04:18] to the blockade and benefits allies and [04:20] its own economy, but risks angering the [04:23] US. A new land bridge between Pakistani [04:25] ports and Iran may provide a lifeline to [04:28] Tehran. This is 3 weeks ago. While it is [04:30] under US blockade and redraw key Asian [04:33] trade routes. [04:35] An order by Pakistan's Ministry of [04:36] Commerce designates six transit routes [04:39] through the country's southwest [04:41] connecting Gwadar, Karachi, and nearby [04:43] Port Qasim to the Iranian border [04:46] crossings at Gabd and Taftan. [04:49] I'm going to jump down here. You got to [04:50] there's an important piece of this [04:53] where it talks about how the purpose of [04:55] this really is to work around [04:59] the blockade. Here we go. The US Navy [05:01] launched a blockade on April 13th [05:04] targeting all ships seeking to reach [05:05] Iranian ports. More than 3,000 [05:07] Iran-bound containers have been stranded [05:09] at Karachi as a result. The order [05:11] creates a formal The order this new [05:13] order in Pakistan 3 weeks ago creates a [05:15] formalized overland bypass around the [05:18] naval blockade. A land bridge that could [05:21] allow Iran's export partners such as [05:23] China to send goods to the Iranian [05:26] market via Pakistan without paying [05:30] Pakistani import duties. [05:33] Okay, so Pakistan actively opened these [05:36] trade routes to help bypass the US [05:38] blockade and a lot of that stuff is [05:41] coming from China. And what is China [05:44] shipping there? And I mentioned this I [05:47] asked this in the video that I made [05:49] about Pakistan. I said, [05:52] "What's in those containers?" As [05:54] ostensibly what Pakistan says is they're [05:56] sending in humanitarian and food. No [05:58] one's checking what's in these [05:59] containers. They're coming from China [06:01] through Pakistan into Iran, and they've [06:04] opened up these trade routes since the [06:05] blockade began and not with American [06:08] consent. [06:09] And here he lists a bunch of Chinese [06:11] companies, [06:12] and then Sam goes on, "None of this [06:14] happens without the knowledge and [06:15] assistance of the Chinese government. We [06:17] know the names of the Chinese companies [06:19] involved. Xi Jinping knows them as well. [06:21] This is not some low-profile smuggling [06:23] operation. This is support at the [06:26] national level for Iran, even as its [06:28] forces are engaged in combat with ours. [06:31] The Chinese don't just help Iranians [06:33] build Shahed drones. They also make sure [06:35] the drones hit their targets. China has [06:37] granted Iran access to its Beidou [06:39] navigation satellite system, which is an [06:42] alternative to the American GPS. It [06:44] provides high-accuracy positioning and [06:46] navigation with encrypted signals. The [06:49] Iranians aren't hoping to hit something [06:51] when they fire a drone. They now have [06:52] pinpoint accuracy. [06:54] The Iranians also now use Chinese-made [06:56] guidance chips and navigation modules in [06:59] their drones. And he uh goes through [07:01] some of the details of that. [07:04] The Chinese have also made available to [07:05] the Iranian high-resolution satellite [07:08] imagery from companies like uh Misr [07:11] Vision, Earth Eye, Chang Guang. [07:17] During the recent summit in Beijing, [07:18] Chinese leader Xi Jinping reportedly [07:20] promised President Trump that he would [07:21] not send weapons to Iran. Maybe there's [07:23] a problem with the translation. She has [07:25] been sending Iran weapons for a very [07:27] long time, and he's continuing to do so. [07:30] He's helping the Iranians kill [07:31] Americans. [07:33] And then you have this report here from [07:34] Iran International, China keeps [07:36] supplying drone parts to Iran and Russia [07:38] despite US sanctions. And this is from [07:40] the Wall Street Journal from a couple of [07:43] weeks ago. [07:44] And it basically mentions the same thing [07:46] that these drone that they that the [07:48] Chinese continue to supply drones to the [07:51] Iranians. Now, I'm going to connect this [07:54] and this is where we start to really [07:55] fill out the picture. So that's the [07:56] starting point. Okay, that we see that [07:59] China is supplying weaponry, drones, [08:03] high-level technology, access to [08:05] navigation systems. They're providing [08:07] that all in an ongoing way to the [08:11] Iranians and they're using these [08:13] Pakistani overland trade routes to do [08:16] it. But those trade routes are not just [08:18] a temporary bypass for the blockade as [08:20] we'll see in a few minutes. [08:22] But first, [08:23] this is from today. Pakistan's army [08:26] chief to visit Tehran today amid push [08:29] for US-Iran deal. Pakistan's army chief [08:31] Asim Munir will travel to Iran today as [08:34] part of ongoing Pakistani mediation in [08:36] talks and consultations between Tehran [08:38] and Washington over the war. Iran's ISNA [08:41] news agency says. [08:43] Pakistan's interior minister arrived in [08:45] Tehran yesterday for the second time in [08:48] less than a week as Islamabad continues [08:51] its push [08:52] to reach an agreement. So you have the [08:53] interior minister there a couple times [08:55] in a week. You have the army chief going [08:57] there now. [08:59] And they want to and they're want to [09:00] help they're they're they if you've been [09:02] watching, you know, Pakistan is the [09:03] mediator, right? They're the go-between. [09:05] And in the last video I made, I talked [09:07] about the fact that I wait a second. [09:08] Pakistan gets 80% [09:11] of its weaponry these days from China. [09:14] It has a deep cooperation with China. [09:16] We're going to go into that further [09:17] here. And meanwhile, while all this is [09:19] going on, also from today, also from [09:22] today, Pakistan's prime minister is [09:24] about to visit China. [09:26] Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif [09:28] will head to China this weekend for [09:30] talks with Xi Jinping. Beijing said on [09:32] Thursday without specifying whether the [09:34] war in Iran would be discussed. [09:37] They've both sought to mediate the [09:38] Middle East conflict. [09:41] And talks about the ceasefire agreement, [09:42] but look at look down here. I mentioned [09:43] this in my last video. [09:48] China supports Pakistan. Here it's [09:49] quoting here the Chinese Ministry [09:53] spokesperson, the Chinese Foreign [09:54] Ministry spokesperson. [09:57] Look what he writes here. [09:59] Uh this guy Guo Yacun, [10:01] Geo [10:03] Uh Guo added that China would work with [10:05] Pakistan to make positive contributions [10:07] to the early restoration of peace and [10:08] stability in the Middle East. China [10:10] supports Pakistan in playing a fair and [10:12] balanced mediating role in promoting [10:15] peace and ending the war. [10:18] Pakistan's Interior Minister met with [10:21] Mohsin Naqvi met Sunday in Tehran with [10:24] Iran's chief negotiator. They keep [10:25] sending the Interior Minister. You might [10:26] be wondering why they're sending the [10:27] Interior Minister [10:29] to a foreign country. He's the Interior [10:32] Minister, but Mohsin Naqvi is a Shiite [10:37] Muslim [10:38] Interior Minister in Pakistan. [10:40] Pakistan's a Sunni majority country, so [10:42] they send the Shiite guy. He's he's the [10:45] go-between with the Iranians. [10:49] Um [10:52] China is Pakistan's largest trading [10:54] partner [10:55] and major investor, particularly through [10:56] the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor [11:00] that has poured tens of billions of [11:02] dollars to fund massive transport, [11:05] energy, and infrastructure projects. [11:08] This visit comes just as Rubio, Marco [11:10] Rubio, is set to to travel to India, [11:14] Pakistan's neighboring rival. [11:16] The two countries, China and Pakistan, [11:19] also cooperate closely on defense, [11:21] trade, and regional security. [11:23] Last May, Islamabad used Chinese-made [11:26] military hardware, including fighter [11:27] jets, against India during a brief [11:29] conflict. [11:31] Their ties have strengthened further in [11:33] recent years amid shifting geopolitical [11:35] dynamics in South Asia, particularly in [11:37] relation to India. Now, [11:41] here's a here's the uh Anadolu is the [11:44] Turkish [11:45] state-run media. Okay, so we're reading [11:47] now this is Turkish state-run media [11:49] here, which also wrote a piece on the [11:53] visit [11:54] of the Pakistani Prime Minister and Xi [11:57] Jinping that's supposed to take place [11:58] this weekend. So, this is also from [12:00] today and a lot of it is the same, but [12:02] look what it says down at the bottom. [12:07] China and Pakistan, so it's it quotes [12:08] this guy Guo again, China this uh [12:11] spokesperson of the ministry. China and [12:13] Pakistan are good friends and [12:14] all-weather strategic cooperative [12:15] partners. [12:18] The two sides maintain close [12:19] communication and coordination on major [12:21] issues and help safeguard common [12:23] interests to advance peace and [12:24] stability, blah blah blah. [12:26] And look at this. [12:27] Buried all the way at the bottom of the [12:29] article. China and Pakistan have the [12:31] China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, [12:34] a flagship project of the Belt and Road [12:37] Initiative comprising roads, power [12:40] plants, and rail links connecting [12:42] China's western Xinjiang region with the [12:44] port of Gwadar [12:46] in southwestern Pakistan. [12:50] Okay. [12:52] What's going on here? [12:53] So, in this piece from a few weeks ago, [12:56] which is also from an Arab news outlet [12:58] from The National, which is a UAE news [13:00] outlet, where it talked about those six [13:03] new trade routes that they opened, [13:05] it goes into some detail. [13:09] Here we go. [13:13] Until recently, [13:14] Iran had been resisting discussions to [13:17] open new overland trade routes with [13:19] Pakistan. [13:21] Al- Why? Why did Iran not want to open [13:23] overland trade routes with Pakistan? [13:25] Although Iran never made its reasons [13:28] explicit, Pakistani officials believe it [13:30] was because Tehran wanted to shield [13:33] Chabahar, an Iranian port project [13:37] jointly developed with India, from [13:39] competition with the Pakistani port of [13:41] Gwadar, a Pakistan-China joint project [13:45] less than 200 km away. [13:47] The US blockade on Iranian ports, [13:50] including Chabahar, however, appears to [13:52] have changed Iran's calculus. After the [13:55] war began, Iranian officials approached [13:57] their Pakistani counterparts [13:59] to restart talks on opening the land [14:01] bridge. [14:03] Interesting. [14:04] And it talks about how the Chabahar port [14:07] was a a joint India-Iran project from [14:09] more than 20 years ago, [14:11] and [14:12] I'll explain to you on a map what this [14:14] was all about here. [14:16] Let's zoom in. [14:18] Okay, so just zoom out a little bit. [14:20] Here's Iran, here's Pakistan, here's [14:22] China. You see Pakistan borders China, [14:26] and Pakistan borders Iran. [14:28] Okay? [14:30] And in order to to ship oil, so we all [14:33] know that a lot of the Iranian oil [14:36] goes through the Straits of Hormuz, and [14:38] it goes out to China. But how does it [14:39] get to China? [14:41] Well, China relies heavily on [14:45] on shipping that goes all the way down [14:47] through here. It has to go through the [14:48] Straits of Malacca, it has to go through [14:50] some difficult waterways, [14:52] and it's a very long route around. So [14:54] China wants to create something called [14:56] the Belt and Road Initiative. And the [14:57] Belt and Road Initiative is a land route [15:00] that could connect China to Europe [15:02] through Turkey, Iran, [15:05] and these countries here, Afghanistan, [15:07] Pakistan, whatever's easiest to work [15:09] with, or maybe the other stans up here, [15:10] Tajikistan, Turkmenistan. [15:13] China wants to cross [15:14] it wants to have a land route that goes [15:16] across. But China also has a need for [15:18] the Iranian oil, the Gulf oil to come to [15:20] it in a quicker way. [15:24] So, China built [15:26] together with the Pakistanis a port [15:28] right here, the Gwadar seaport. [15:31] Okay? That's where the little red thing [15:33] is here. And that way, the oil can come [15:35] out of the Gulf, and it can go to the [15:37] Gwadar seaport, and then it can travel [15:39] by land across into China. But, it's not [15:41] just about oil. A lot of stuff can [15:42] travel that way. [15:44] Okay? The Gwadar seaport. [15:46] Now, India also had an issue, which is [15:49] that India and Pakistan are enemies. [15:52] And India wanted uh [15:55] to bypass Pakistan. [15:57] So, India jointly built with the [15:59] Iranians, they it was their initiative. [16:02] They invested in this to build a port [16:04] right here, [16:05] Chabahar. [16:06] Okay? So, Chabahar and and Gwadar are [16:09] right next to each other. You see that? [16:12] They're very, very close to each other. [16:13] They're 200 km apart. [16:17] Right, which is [16:18] just over 100 miles apart from each [16:20] other. Okay, Gwadar and Chabahar, [16:23] they're right near each other. [16:24] So, [16:26] but the Indians have been [16:28] uh in recent years growing closer and [16:31] closer to the Israelis. They're part of [16:34] a different initiative for a land [16:36] corridor to Europe that the Americans [16:38] initiated called the IMEC corridor, the [16:40] India [16:41] um [16:42] Middle East [16:44] uh corridor the India Middle East Europe [16:46] corridor, which is which runs across [16:49] through the UAE, short short uh water [16:53] route, but runs across through the UAE [16:55] and is supposed to run through Saudi [16:56] Arabia, Israel, Cyprus, Greece, up into [16:59] Europe. Okay, that's that's the IMEC [17:02] corridor that India is meant to be a [17:03] part of. But, they invested in this port [17:06] with uh with Iran, and Iran was making [17:08] money off of this port. And meanwhile, [17:10] the Chinese invested in a port right [17:12] next door in Pakistan. [17:14] So, when the United States started [17:15] closing all the ports, [17:17] and Pakistan had offered to create land [17:19] routes across into Iran. Iran said to [17:21] Pakistan, "Hey, wait, you know, we can't [17:23] use our ports down you know, our [17:25] Chabahar port anyway, so maybe you let's [17:28] talk again about those land routes." [17:31] And China wants those land routes [17:34] because [17:35] China wants to bring the Pakistanis and [17:38] the Iranians into the Belt and Road [17:40] Initiatives. Let me let me drill down on [17:42] that a little bit further. So here [17:45] um [17:46] in this piece [17:48] in Arab News. Arab News is a Saudi [17:50] outlet. [17:51] It says here that Pakistan says it [17:53] remained in [17:54] in constant contact with China during [17:56] the Iran-Israel war. We'll get to that [17:58] in a bit. [17:59] But I want to I want to start with the [18:00] end of the piece here where it talks [18:02] about the [18:04] Belt and Road Initiative. [18:07] Um and what it mentions in here [18:09] basically is that Oh, here it is. [18:13] Pakistan and China have maintained close [18:14] strategic cooperation across diplomacy, [18:16] defense, infrastructure, and regional [18:18] connectivity, particularly under the [18:20] China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a [18:23] flagship project of China's Belt and [18:25] Road Initiative. [18:27] Okay, so [18:28] the Chinese want to take advantage of [18:30] what's going on and say hey and and now [18:32] they can advance the next stage of their [18:34] Belt and Road Initiative. Or another way [18:36] to look at this is that if the Iranian [18:38] regime falls into Western hands, if the [18:41] Iranian meaning if the Iranian regime [18:43] collapses or becomes controlled by Trump [18:45] in some way like a Venezuela-style [18:46] thing, [18:47] um or if it of course collapses and [18:49] becomes just a pro-Western free society, [18:51] either of those two options is bad for [18:53] China. [18:54] China wants the Iranian regime to [18:56] survive, to have some independence, and [18:59] to become part of the Belt and Road [19:01] corridor that they're building through [19:02] Pakistan, through Iran, and this the [19:05] blockade is actually serving their [19:07] interests in this way because the [19:09] blockade has forced Iran into the arms [19:11] of the Pakistanis for to open up these [19:14] land routes, which also is providing [19:16] weapons and other supplies to Iran [19:19] as we saw before from China. China's [19:22] shipping things down through Pakistan [19:23] into Iran, but they want to make this [19:25] permanent. That's why Pakistan opened up [19:27] six overland routes. They want to create [19:29] a highway [19:31] to bring goods from China [19:34] through Pakistan into Iran and then [19:36] beyond. [19:38] Okay? Now, with all of that, look at [19:40] this coverage. China-Pakistan help [19:43] mediate US-Iran talks, Iran envoy says. [19:46] Iran's ambassador to China, Iran's [19:48] ambassador to China, okay, said on [19:51] Tuesday, that's yes that's 2 days ago, [19:53] that mediation in talks between Tehran [19:55] and Washington was the result of [19:57] cooperation [19:59] among Iran, Pakistan, and China. [20:03] It wasn't the Pakistanis mediating. The [20:06] Iranian ambassador to China says that it [20:07] was a three-way cooperation of Iran, [20:09] Pakistan, and China, Iran state media [20:12] reported. Abdul Reza Rahmani Fazli said [20:15] China did not welcome what he called US [20:17] tension making in international [20:19] waterways and had always emphasized [20:21] secure shipping and regional stability. [20:23] He added that a crisis in West Asia [20:24] directly affected Chinese economic and [20:26] strategic calculations. Now, here's this [20:28] piece from this Saudi outlet. Pakistan [20:31] says it remained in constant contact [20:34] with China during the US [20:36] Iran-Israel war. [20:39] Deputy Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister [20:41] and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on [20:44] Wednesday, that's yesterday, that [20:45] Islamabad remained in close coordination [20:48] with China throughout the recent [20:51] US-Iran-Israel con- conflict, [20:54] highlighting deep strategic ties [20:58] between the two countries amid efforts [21:00] to promote regional peace and stability. [21:01] Dar made the remarks while addressing [21:03] Pakistan's Senate in in of a visiting [21:06] Chinese parliamentary delegation [21:08] as they marked 75 years of diplomatic [21:10] relations. And it talks about how they [21:12] have this close relationship because of [21:14] the Belt and Road. [21:16] During the recent Middle East conflict, [21:17] the two countries also jointly promoted [21:20] a five-point peace initiative calling [21:22] for a ceasefire, dialogue, protection of [21:25] civilian nuclear infrastructure, [21:27] protection of civilian nuclear [21:29] infrastructure, safe navigation through [21:30] the Strait of Hormuz, and adherence to [21:32] the UN Charter. [21:33] Throughout the conflict between the US [21:35] and Iran and Israel, we have been in [21:37] constant touch with my counterpart, [21:39] Foreign Minister His Excellency His [21:41] Excellency Mr. Wang Yi, that's the [21:43] Chinese Foreign Minister, as well as [21:45] other colleagues from the region. [21:47] He said he visited Beijing on March [21:48] 31st, that's about a week before the [21:51] ceasefire, at the invitation of the [21:53] Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, where [21:55] the two sides developed the five-point [21:58] peace proposal. [21:59] Which means that what Trump agreed to [22:02] to bring about this ceasefire to [22:05] negotiate was actually composed in [22:08] China. [22:09] It was written in China. [22:14] We came up with a five-point initiative [22:16] for peace plan in the conflict, and this [22:18] has been accepted and endorsed by dozens [22:20] of countries in the globe. The Deputy [22:22] Prime Minister said the coordination [22:23] between Pakistan and China at the United [22:25] Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation [22:27] Organization, and other international [22:29] forums has been vital in defending the [22:31] interests of developing countries and [22:33] promoting global peace. [22:37] Okay. [22:39] Do you see what is happening here? [22:42] Do you see it? [22:44] Hello. [22:46] China is arming the Iranians, [22:49] but not just arming them, giving them [22:52] access to all of their advanced [22:53] technology for you know, for you know, [22:55] for tracking and and you know, GPS and [22:57] all this stuff that they're giving them [22:59] and all these advanced chips. They're [23:00] giving them all of this technology. [23:02] They're giving them the drone [23:03] technology. They're giving them the [23:04] weapons. They are [23:06] with Pakistan [23:08] breaking the blockade [23:11] making the blockade less effective [23:14] by opening up these trade routes across [23:15] Pakistan, but they're also laying the [23:17] groundwork for their advancement of the [23:20] Belt and Road Initiative. And it's [23:21] critical to them that this war end with [23:24] the Iranian regime still intact. And [23:26] that's why they want ceasefire ceasefire [23:28] ceasefire negotiations. Let's bring it [23:30] Let's bring it all to an end [23:32] so that we can get an agreement signed [23:34] so that the Iranian regime remains [23:35] intact and China can continue to do what [23:38] it's doing. But it also undermines what [23:41] it it also undermines India's interests [23:44] in the region. Because India has been [23:45] moving more into the US Israel orbit. [23:48] And this way they they they [23:50] simultaneously built the these land [23:53] bridges that Iran was hesitant about [23:55] because they didn't want to [23:56] double-cross. They didn't want to [23:57] undermine the port that they had built [24:00] with the with the Indians. But now that [24:01] that port was rendered useless and the [24:03] Indians don't seem so trustworthy [24:04] anyway, they're now going into the arms [24:07] of the Chinese and the Pakistanis [24:10] with this land corridor, which is now [24:12] part of the Belt and Road Initiative, [24:14] and the Chinese get to advance their [24:16] interests in the region working hand in [24:18] glove with the Pakistanis. The [24:19] Pakistanis are basically the sock puppet [24:21] of the Chinese in the situation. So it [24:24] of course serves every it serves [24:26] everyone well to have the Pakistanis be [24:28] the mediator cuz they're a Muslim [24:30] country and you know, they they are [24:33] ostensibly more pro-Western, where China [24:35] is more explicitly [24:38] the adversary or the or the rival of the [24:41] United States. It's a much safer play to [24:43] have Pakistan be the one who is who's [24:46] negotiating here. But Pakistan is [24:48] working on behalf of the Chinese and the [24:51] Chinese are behind the the the lifeline [24:54] that is being thrown to the Iranians. [24:56] They're working on that lifeline round [24:58] the clock. They're directing things. We [25:00] also saw that news item in that last [25:02] piece that I ran that they've been [25:04] making statements praising the [25:06] Pakistanis for their mediation efforts [25:07] and telling them to ramp them up to to [25:10] dial them up. [25:12] And they're and that you know they're [25:13] basically giving instructions [25:15] to the Pakistanis and notice where [25:19] you know what I quoted before, the [25:21] Anadolu Agency. [25:23] Chinese president to host Pakistani [25:25] premier in Beijing [25:26] on as Beijing renews support to Pakistan [25:30] on US Iran mediation. And this is in [25:32] Turkish regime media. The Turks also are [25:35] a critical component of the Belt and [25:37] Road Initiative because the Belt and [25:38] Road is supposed to run from China [25:39] through Pakistan through Iran up through [25:41] Turkey. [25:43] And the seaport piece of it, where you [25:46] have to have a seaport, [25:47] is is is Gwadar. [25:50] This is [25:52] This is all happening as part of this [25:53] war. So, [25:55] China is at war with the United States [25:58] in many different arenas. And one of [26:00] them is this situation we're in right [26:03] now. And the longer this goes on, this [26:05] goes into the topic of the negotiations [26:07] and and the delays. I'm going to make a [26:09] separate video today about where things [26:11] stand with the negotiations. Keep all of [26:13] this in mind as you follow as you follow [26:16] the negotiations going forward. This is [26:17] what's really happening. You follow you [26:19] know if if you just watch the mainstream [26:20] news and they talk about oh there's [26:21] negotiations and is is Iran going to [26:23] agree to the deal or they're not going [26:24] to agree to the deal and then the [26:25] Pakistanis are mediating. [26:28] This is the real story of what's going [26:29] on. [26:30] This is the real story. All right, [26:32] thanks for watching. I hope this made [26:33] sense and [26:36] hope you found it beneficial. Please [26:37] share with other people. Tell them what [26:39] we're doing on this channel. I don't [26:40] think you're going to find this type of [26:41] analysis anywhere else. God bless.
