Raisi’s three-day visit to China comes as both countries have been condemned and sanctioned by the West on various issues. Chinese leader Xi Jinping noted the decades of cooperation between the two countries. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to China comes amid tensions between both countries and Western governments. The meeting in Beijing comes as both Iran and China face increasingly strained ties with Western governments and is the first state visit by an Iranian president to China in more than 20 years. Is this the start of the new world order ?

