The American Wall Street Journal revealed that Iran recently requested thousands of tons of ballistic missile components from China, in a move aimed at rebuilding its military capabilities after the strikes it received from Israel and expanding its support for its regional allies, led by them Houthis In Yemen and Iraqi factions.
According to well -informed sources, the deal includes large shipments of ammonium, an oxidized substance used in steel missile fuel. The required amount is sufficient to produce about 800 ballistic missiles.
The sources confirmed that part of these materials may be transferred to factions allied with Iran in Yemen and Iraq.
The report also clarified that the deal was signed before the announcement of the American President Donald Trump For his desire to hold nuclear talks with Iran early March.
According to the newspaper, this Iranian move comes in the wake of Israel’s attack on Tehran in October 2024, which in turn destroyed major missile mixing equipment, temporarily impeded Tehran’s ability to manufacture new solid fuel missiles.
American sources say that Iran has started reforming this equipment in preparation for a new production stage.
Previous shipments and connections to the Revolutionary Guards
According to previous reports, two Iranian ships this year transferred more than a thousand tons of sodium birlores – a preliminary material for the production of ammonium birchlores – from China to Iranian ports earlier this year, and was handed over to Iran in February and March. These shipments are believed to support the manufacture of 260 short -range missiles.
In April and May, the US Treasury had imposed sanctions in Chinese and Iranian entities, accusing them of buying sensitive components in favor of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its missile program, as well as to provide the Houthis with these materials.
Iran recently transferred ballistic missiles to Iraqi Shiite factions, according to the report, and they are able to target Israel and the American forces. Tehran is also expected to send some Chinese missile components to the Houthis in Yemen, “although their capabilities were recently affected by American and Israeli strikes.”
China denies its knowledge of the deal
For his part, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said that his country is “not aware” in this deal, stressing that Beijing imposes strict control over the double -use materials, in line with its international obligations.
However, the Wall Street Journal report indicates that a Chinese company based in Hong Kong, Lyon Commons Holdings Limited, is the one that contracted with an Iranian entity called Beshamaman Ravin Novin Ko trading.
The report indicated that “Iranian Revolutionary Guard It is currently seeking to overcome the restrictions imposed on local production through these huge imports from China, despite the great risks associated with the storage of these materials, which caused an explosion in the neighborhood of Shahid Rajai in April, which led to the killing of dozens as a result of misunderstanding by a unit affiliated withJerusalem Corps“.
The report concluded by noting that Iran, despite the pressure and sanctions, continues to reactivate its regional network from armed groups within what is known as the axis of the resistance, including Hezbollah, Houthis and armed factions in Iraq, benefiting from the flow of biomedes from abroad, in an attempt to impose a new balance in the region in light of the continuous escalation with Israel.