Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a radical Islamist notorious for leading the massacre of up to 30,000 political prisoners in 1988, will visit China on Tuesday at Beijing’s invitation, the latter country confirmed on Sunday.
, citing the government of Iran, that Raisi and Xi will likely sign multiple “cooperation agreements” and Raisi would also make time for meeting business leaders in pursuit of more economic deals.
While regularly menacing Saudi Arabia, the Iranian government has not publicly expressed any reservations about Saudi Arabia’s participation in the BRI or China’s deepening ties with that country.
“Both countries view unilateralism and coercive measures, including oppressive sanctions, as the main root of the crises and insecurity,” Raisi continued, “and call for collective efforts in order to obtain genuine multilateralism, besides worldwide justice, international equality and a balanced world order.”
Celebrating China as a “friendly power,” Raisi praised the Communist Party’s alleged rejection of “colonialism” – which it is currently undertaking in occupied Tibet and East Turkistan, as well as the seized territories in the South China Sea – and offered China Iran’s “political independence, military might to ensure security, educated manpower, low cost of production, energy reserves, transit location and industrial infrastructure.
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