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Analysis | Iran-China pact not a cure-all for Tehran’s economic woes

Iran’s incoming hardline leadership is looking to China to provide economic relief for the country’s flatlining economy. But so far, the foundation for a new strategic partnership seems to rest more on rhetoric than substance.

Ebrahim Raisi, who will be inaugurated August 3 as Iran’s president, is inheriting a domestic economy that is on life support, thanks to decades of corruption and mismanagement, compounded