Reports: China Allegedly Supports Iran’s Missile Program Amid US-Israeli Strikes

(SeaPRwire) –   Communist China is said to be providing military support to Iran’s beleaguered regime, according to a leading U.S. military think tank and other reports.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has stated that China is offering military assistance to Iran’s missile program, with its research based on recent reporting.

Per the Institute: “China is helping Iran reconstitute the Iranian missile program amid US-Israeli efforts to degrade it.”

The Institute for the Study of War also noted: “Western media reported that China has sent multiple shipments of missile fuel precursor to Iran since the start of the war.”

ISW added: “China’s efforts to help Iran reconstitute could undermine the combined force efforts to degrade or destroy the supporting elements of the ballistic missile program.”

Gordon Chang, a China expert, told Digital that “China is an enemy combatant and is endangering our troops.”

The Daily Telegraph recently reported: “Ships believed to be carrying Chinese chemicals for missile fuel have arrived in Iran, raising questions about Beijing’s support for the regime. Four sanctioned Iran-flagged vessels have docked at Iranian ports since the war broke out.”

The report further claimed: “Sanctioned vessels carrying enough chemicals to produce hundreds of projectiles travel from Chinese to Iranian ports.”

Chang urged the U.S. to seize Chinese vessels reportedly transporting sodium perchlorate—the chemical material required for Iran’s missile fuel systems. He added: “It is a question of America’s will to impose costs on China.”

Chang concluded by saying: “The President of the U.S. has many points of leverage. If you look at the overall relationship between China and the U.S., the U.S. has more cards to play.” He cited the U.S.-China trade relationship, as China is an export-driven country and depends on the vital American consumer market.

Iran’s Islamic Republic military forces are said to have been working frantically to rebuild their missile infrastructure following punishing U.S. and Israeli airstrikes since the war began on Feb. 28.

According to ISW: “Iran has been digging out underground missile bunkers and silos struck by the combined force, in some cases returning them to operation hours after strikes, according to recent U.S. intelligence assessments. Iran may be reestablishing access to their launchers hours after strikes, but these launchers are components of a larger system that has been degraded. Reported fear and lack of coordination across some Iranian forces mean that medium-range missile systems are still functioning sub-optimally.”

Chinese companies have faced sanctions for violating U.S. restrictions on providing military aid to Iran’s regime. In 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department announced it had “designated one individual and six entities in a sanctions’ evasion network that has facilitated Iran’s procurement of electronic components for its destabilizing military programs, including those used in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Particularly, this action targets the head of U.S.-designated Iran’s Pardazan System Namad Arman (PASNA), and the entity’s Iran-, Malaysia-, Hong Kong, and PRC-based front companies[People’s Republic of China] and suppliers that have enabled PASNA’s procurement of goods and technology.”

Just last month, an Atlantic Council report noted: “China has supplied Iran with drones, anti-ship cruise missiles, surface-to-air missiles, and the components thereof, to aid in its aerial and maritime defense capabilities. In other instances, China directly supplies Iran with Western or Chinese technology components that are found in Iranian drones used against US military installations and economic interests in the Gulf, as well as on Russia’s battlefield in Ukraine.”

Digital press inquiries to China’s Embassy in Washington D.C. were not immediately answered.