The Ukraine-Russia example compared with Iran-Israel seems like a flawed comparison.Ukraine has published interception rates and they admit that interception rate of Iskander is <10%.
Ukraine had something like 50+ S-300 batteries and 6 Patriot batteries. Israel has 3 batteries of Arrow 2 and Arrow 3.
All you have to do is use your brain and ask yourself is China closer in tech level to Russia or to Iran? And this doesn't imply China is below Russia either.
Satellite imagery from Al Asad airbase in Iraq also shows potentional movement of aircraftAccording to Iraqi Pro-Iran group
The U.S. Embassy in the capital, Baghdad, has evacuated all of its staff and contractors, transferring responsibilities for security, gate control, and access management to the U.S. military, out of fear of a repeat of the Green Zone breach and the burning of the embassy.
China sends ELINT ships to spy on U.S hardware in action (F-35 in particular), they do not care about Iran beyond them being "the enemy of my enemy" and might even prefer a more neutral Iranian government to stabilize the region and the supply of oil.We also heard about China sending ELINT ships near Iran. And let's not forget, Trump extended the decision to enter the conflict for two weeks.
These are obvious signals; either it starts to wind down soon, or we see more overt diplomatic steps, like UN security council meetings, followed by military escalation from all sides & their backers.
China sends ELINT ships to spy on U.S hardware in action (F-35 in particular), they do not care about Iran beyond them being "the enemy of my enemy" and might even prefer a more neutral Iranian government to stabilize the region and the supply of oil.