News Analysis The foreign ministers of Iran and China signed a 25-year Strategic Comprehensive Partnership Agreement on March 27 that will cover economic, political, and military cooperation between the two countries and bring $400 billion of Chinese investment into Iran. The deal that was signed in Tehran between Mohammad Javad Zarif and Wang Yi would ensure that China gets a steady supply of Iranian oil in return for its investment. Experts said though it looks like a bilateral deal, in reality, it is setting the ground for a nuanced geopolitics between multiple global and regional players in the region. “In January 2016, China and Iran issued a joint statement on establishing a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries and agreed to sign a plan for comprehensive cooperation. Through communication and consultations, the two sides reached an agreement on the content of the comprehensive plan recently,” Zhao Lijian, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson …