hina has already become a world leader and its entering the Middle East arms market shows the erosion of the system in the region that has been run by the United States for 80 years, prominent US academic and philosopher Noam Chomsky told Sputnik

Iran has signed a number of agreements at a regional infrastructure conference that will pave the way for the revival of the Great Silk Road, Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash said on Tuesday

China's success in brokering a deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to normalize relations does not mean it will replace the United States and Russia as an important foreign actor in the Gulf region, experts told Sputnik