The Saudi-Iran deal, hashed out behind closed doors in Beijing last week, takes on some of the most sensitive issues between two countries that have been on opposite sides of proxy conflicts across the Middle East for years
with Russia, but Moscow has proved to be of little immediate help economically. Russia’s use of Iran’s drones to attack Ukraine, and Tehran’s brutal crackdown on protesters last year, have diminished hopes of reviving a deal to lift U.S. sanctions in exchange for limits on Iran’s nuclear program.
China is the biggest importer of Iranian oil and has significant economic leverage there. Before Friday’s announcement, China allowed Iran to tap parts of funds in Chinese banks—which total $20 billion—that were frozen when the U.S. left the nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions in 2018, Iran’s Mehr semiofficial news agency reported.at a regal convention center in Riyadh, leaders from the six-country Gulf Cooperation Council welcomed Mr.
A few days after the Riyadh summit, the people familiar with the talks said, Chinese officials shared their plans with Iran, where officials were upset about Beijing signing on to a joint statement in Riyadh that advocated for Iran to give up possession of disputed Gulf islands. Iran said it would move ahead with China-brokered talks with Riyadh if Beijing toned down the language it used in the statement, the people said.
Then Iran dispatched its top nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, to Beijing to hash out the details. He demanded that China play a bigger role in Tehran’s nuclear talks with world powers, provide investments and support for Iran’s struggling currency, according to Gulf officials. In exchange, Iran agreed not to set any preconditions on entering talks with Saudi Arabia to restore relations.
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