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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">comparativepolitics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Сравнительная политика</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Comparative Politics Russia</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2221-3279</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2412-4990</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Издательская группа «Юрист»</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">comparativepolitics-712</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СРАВНИТЕЛЬНАЯ ПОЛИТИКА</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>COMPARATIVE POLITICS</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title></article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>THE FUTURE OF IRAN-CHINA RELATIONS: AN ALLIANCE OR PURE COOPERATION?</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/word</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bagheri dolatabadi</surname><given-names>Ali</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">ab.dolatabadi@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Zarei</surname><given-names>Rouhollah</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">rzarei@yu.ac.ir</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>assistant professor</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2018</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>26</day><month>08</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>9</volume><issue>1</issue><elocation-id>712</elocation-id><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; bagheri dolatabadi a., zarei R., 2018</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2018</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">bagheri dolatabadi a., zarei R.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">bagheri dolatabadi a., zarei R.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.sravpol.ru/jour/article/view/712">https://www.sravpol.ru/jour/article/view/712</self-uri><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The future of the Iranian political relations with other countries especially China in the post-nuclear-agreement era is of serious importance in the Iranian foreign policy in the Rouhani administration. Despite turbulences in the relations of the two countries in recent years, theirs have been stronger than the trade relations between Iran and western countries. For this reason, the shift from ordinary to strategic relations between Iran and China is attracting serious attention in the political circles in Iran. The supporters argue for the present and future stance of China in the international society and its constructive role during the western-imposed sanctions against Iran. The opponents refer to the poorer Chines technology as opposed to their Western rivals and to ambivalent and at time anti-Iranian stances Beijing adopted in the Iranian nuclear problem. The question this paper seeks to answer is whether there is a possibility of the promotion of the relations of the two countries in future and the possible obstacles in the way. </p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Iran</kwd><kwd>UN</kwd><kwd>technology</kwd><kwd>Iran</kwd><kwd>UN</kwd><kwd>China</kwd><kwd>sanctions</kwd><kwd>foreign policy</kwd><kwd>Energy</kwd><kwd>Alliance</kwd><kwd>Cooperation</kwd><kwd>United States</kwd><kwd>Diplomacy</kwd><kwd>security</kwd><kwd>Nuclear Energy</kwd><kwd>China</kwd><kwd>sanctions</kwd><kwd>foreign policy</kwd><kwd>Energy</kwd><kwd>Alliance</kwd><kwd>Cooperation</kwd><kwd>United States</kwd><kwd>Diplomacy</kwd><kwd>security</kwd><kwd>Nuclear Energy</kwd><kwd>weapons</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Aizhu, Chen. “China's Iran oil imports to hit record on new production”, Reuters, 5 Jan 2017. available at: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-iran-oil-idUSKBN14P15W. 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