Iran Says It Is Negotiating 25-Year Bilateral Deal With China
(Payvand Iran News)

Iran has been negotiating a 25-year accord with China `;with confidence and conviction,`; Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told parliament on July 5, saying its terms will be announced once the deal is struck. Zarif insisted there was nothing secret about the prospective deal, which he said was raised publicly in January 2016 when President Xi Jinping visited Tehran. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also has publicly supported a strategic bilateral partnership with China.