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China’s hidden role in the Iran war | The Security Brief

2026-04-17 News & Politics
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China is deeply embedded in the war between the US and Iran. It's the main purchaser of Iranian oil and has employed both military assets and diplomatic efforts to influence the conflict. This comes as China continues to build its naval and air capability in the Indo-Pacific. The Security Brief takes you inside China’s role in the Iran war and analyses its capabilities closer to home. Got a question or a tip? Contact the Security Brief team at [email protected] Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #Iran #China #BBCNews

Top Comments (10)

@guangxidavidliu 2026-04-18

A day didn't smear China is a day wasted.

256 13 replies
@Hectorzaman 2026-04-17

As far as I remember, UK did the same thing to Israel and they’re not complicit then how the hell did China become complicit hypocrisy? Bloody hypocrites?

214 3 replies
@lawrencestoke 2026-04-17

Hear we go 🙄🙄🙄 China didn't attack Iran. Cast blame where it's supposed to be cast. But no one at the BBC has the balls to call out Netanyahu, Trump's boss.

206 2 replies
@Voxabonable 2026-04-17

You seem to conveniently forget Iran isn't the aggressor here.

199 9 replies
@M17Tom 2026-04-18

Everything I heard in the video suggests China just wants to defend itself

177 9 replies
@Stan-i4c 2026-04-17

BBC is same thing as CNN and they are all fake news media

146 5 replies
@xinyiquan666 2026-04-17

BS, it is 90% of iranian oil production are for chinese market,, it is iran that depend on china, not anther way around, import of iranian oil only accounts for less than 8% of total oil import in china , plus, china only import around 42% of oil from overseas, china domestic oil production is top 6 in world, china does not depend on oil from outside like those japan, korea, EU, or india, and most of world, for oil import, more than 92% of oil china imports are from russia and central asia, and other part of world , plus, china is keep getting oil from iran and other oil producer in the region because no one dare to block chinese ships, including US

81 10 replies
@AiMix-d 2026-04-17

They are making things up, there is no way they know what the secretive Chinese are up to.

62 6 replies
@balckston 2026-04-17

China is protect the freedom of navigation of their oil tanker.

60 4 replies
@superani4704 2026-04-18

I came for the comments, y'all didn't disappoint. The only terrorists here are the US and Israel.

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