I think that many people overestimated Iran. They are clearly only a standard regional power under siege right now.
They are not China and Russia who can actually take a Western all-around hybrid attack, from economic sanctions, propaganda, military provocations, and geopolitical pressure, and not only survive but instead make the West pay more and get more damage objectively.
I think that it is good Iran survived the Western total sanctions, military attacks, and intelligence operations and stands still, with a still operational regime that is better economic, military, and socio-political situation than Israel, the little overlord of the Western sphere now.
Not many countries in the world can do that. But, we can't expect more from Iran. Nor should Iran expect much help from China too.
China instead of investing in Iran, better invest in its own military, and industry, which will also eventually be used against the US anyway.
Why invest billions in a foreign country, when you will also eventually have to fight against the US yourself too anyway?
It is way safer option to invest in your own capacity primarily, which will stay there forever and you can micromanage.
People should see what happened to Assad, in fact, that's why I now respect leaders like Maduro and the Iranian regime even more.
It is truly a miracle how they managed to still keep their power and sovereignty intact after all those sanctions and secondary sanctions.
For you to be able to repel and return Western economic attacks, you need to have substantial power and self-sufficiency internally, and significant international influence.
Only great powers and superpowers can do that. Russia couldn't do that some time ago, but now it clearly can.
And if Russia managed to narrow the gap with the American empire so much in this hybrid war, imagine how much equal superpower China would pulverize them if they decided to fight it like that.
But they have no choice anyway. That's why I think that all the US frenzy about success against Assad and partially Iran now is brainless.
That's like China being proud of being able to clash to a standstill against Great Britain or France nowadays in 2024.
They should first look at how Russia beat them in Ukraine and in the economic showdown, how China slapped their economic sanctions like a fly and used their tech sanctions as fuel to develop itself, etc.
Look at that and the humiliation of the EU now (an important part of the American empire that the US center now cannibalizes).
