After Khamenin and the top leaders of Iran were assasinated, Iran has had to set up a new government to liase with China.
But a sign that diplomatic relations are restored is that Iran is allowing Chinese tankers to go through the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-05/bulk-carrier-claiming-to-be-chinese-passes-through-hormuz-strait
If China supplies Iran with 1000s of low cost hypersonic missiles, it is game over for the US mlitary, which has to take missiles from the Pacivif theatre to keep up a war in Iran.
When the US finally runs out of missiles, it will be a disaster for the US, Israel and any country allying with them, including the Gulf States, which host key US bases and have been the main target so far of Iranian missile attacks.
From media
The Chinese government was industrializing Iran’s capacity to hold the Middle East at gunpoint. Whatever Beijing’s full calculus, the military consequences of that investment are legible on at least three levels.
First, every interceptor the United States fires over the Middle East represents one fewer available for the Western Pacific. THAAD batteries, Patriot systems, and SM-3 carrying naval vessels all draw from the same overstretched production lines. By accelerating Iran’s missile output, China imposed a war of attrition on American munitions without deploying a single soldier.
Second, Every Iranian salvo also forces the United States to reveal electronic warfare capabilities, radar signatures, and interceptor performance data in real combat conditions, giving Chinese military intelligence a live laboratory to study American defense systems without ever confronting them directly.
Third, if the United States proved unable to shield its Arab partners from sustained bombardment, every ally watching from Tokyo to Manila to Taipei would draw the same conclusion: Washington’s promises have material limits.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/under-beijings-wing-irans-arsenal
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