You merely quoted what I already addressed. Who else would fund such surveys and how else would they be conducted without their domestic security apparatus arresting respondents? Do you actually believe China has much goodwill among the Iranian people or that Iranians aren't exceptionally sympathetic to the West for a country whose foreign policy is so against the West? It's not Israeli propaganda to point out that the enemy (Iran) of my enemy (West/Israel) isn't necessarily a friend to China, and in fact they have proven to be quite unreliable and incompetent in many affairs while obviously unpopular among their own people, though they'll probably remain successful at suppressing dissent through heavyhanded violence and digital surveillance.
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You claim that is misinformation, yet your reply actually proves it.You're spreading misinformation. This is from 2024. Obviously Iranian society was torn between turning east or west. And China and Russia have been very big on verbal support but don't really want to support Iran against the west. Chinese investment disappeared after trump's maximum pressure campaign. So what's the point of having a strong relationship with China or Russia if they are always going to choose the US market over the Iranian market? The only way to receive Chinese investment is to be a us ally! Meanwhile getting on better terms with the west in 2015 caused an economic boom. Given that background, I'm surprised you don't get more people who want to abandon the whole struggle and just join the west
But everything changed with the war in 2025. The aim of the attack was to install the old regime and the people rejected foreign intervention. The voices calling for engagement with the west have been silenced. Iran is now much more leaning east than west as a result of the war. It helps that both Russia and China are now in a conflict with the west that they weren't when the jcpoa broke down. If both sides work together, they can achieve a very good relationship.
But I'm still not sure if China actually wants a strong relationship with Iran or if China only cares about selling goods to bigger markets. And if China isn't signalling interest in a strong relationship with Iran, why would Iranian people replying to a survey say that it would be good for them to have a strong relationship with China? Because it looks like the way to get a strong relationship with China is to first get US troops on your soil
Every time there's a minor strike or protest in Iran it's blown out of proportion as if it's another revolution. There were significant cost of living protests in the UK but western media don't talk about it. Don't be a victim of radical Israeli propaganda
A country that has been sanctioned and bombed by the US and Israel for decades, had countless elites assassinated, and seen its treaties torn up like scrap paper—yet in 2024, it is still "torn between turning east or west"? China signed the 25-year deal with Iran in 2021. But according to you, Iran only decided to "silence pro-West voices" in 2025 after being bombed, assassinated, and becoming an international joke?
This theocratic regime lives in a delusion. It actually thinks it can play both sides. Here is the most important fact: China didn't need Iran to rise, and China’s does not need Iran for its future. In fact, even the Iranian people don't seem to need this delusional regime. The only ones in the China-Iran relationship that needs help are the The Mullahs themselves.
I can't even blame the Iranian public for being pro-West. After all, if the The Mullahs—who have been boombed for decades—still fantasizes about Western approval, how can you blame the citizens? I don't support Western-backed regime change in principle, but if this government falls, it’s entirely self-inflicted. And China will adapt and work with whoever takes over. Frankly, a new pro-West government might be better for business than the current Mullahs. China cooperates well with pro-US Arab states and even with Israel. Who is actually the one refusing to cooperate in the region here?