As sanctions bite, Iran’s Raisi talks business in China


Source: al-monitor.com al-monitor.com

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February 14, 2023 TEHRAN — Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in China on Tuesday for a three-day state visit, where according to his spokesman, trade was topping the agenda. Raisi is heading a high-level delegation comprising ministers of oil, finance, transport, agriculture, industry and foreign affairs as well as the country's top nuclear negotiator and the central bank governor. In the first few hours of the visit, the state-run IRNA news agency reported that 20 memoranda of understanding were inked between the two sides, encompassing a diverse range of fields from trade, agriculture and information technology to health care, environment...