On April 23, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi in Beijing.

Wang Yi said that Iran is a comprehensive strategic partner of China in the Middle East region. The friendship between China and Iran has withstood the test of changes in the international situation, and developing China-Iran relations is a strategic choice made by both sides. In recent years, China and Iran have worked together in solidarity and helped each other, deepened political mutual trust through mutual support, tightened the connection of their interests through practical cooperation, and united and collaborated in the fight against unilateralism and bullying, making the strategic significance of China-Iran relations even more prominent.

Wang Yi noted that the world today is full of turbulence. The United States' abuse of tariffs has lost people's support and isolated itself from the international community. The international community needs to stand united more than ever to uphold multilateralism and safeguard the basic norms governing international relations. China is ready to work with Iran to jointly implement the important common understandings reached between the leaders of the two countries, continuously strengthen friendly cooperation in various fields, deepen coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs, promote the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS mechanism to play a greater role, and make more efforts to safeguard the common interests of both countries and to advance peace and stability in the region and the world.

Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that Iran attaches great importance to developing its relations with China, abides by the one-China principle, and supports China in safeguarding its core interests. The Iran-China comprehensive strategic partnership is based on mutual trust and is at its best in history. The friendship between the two countries has a solid foundation and will not be affected by other factors. In the face of the United States' abuse of tariffs and its bullying acts, Iran will continue to work with China to support each other, jointly oppose unilateralism and hegemonism, and work together to safeguard multilateralism. Iran supports China's work as the rotating chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and is willing to enhance high-level exchanges with China, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, strengthen communication and coordination in multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations and BRICS, and promote the in-depth development of Iran-China relations.

The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on the latest progress of the Iranian nuclear issue. Wang Yi emphasized that China has always been committed to the political and diplomatic settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue, and opposed the abuse of force and illegal unilateral sanctions. China appreciates Iran's commitment to not develop nuclear weapons, respects Iran's right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and supports Iran in conducting dialogue with all parties, including the United States, and in safeguarding its legitimate rights and interests through consultation and negotiation. This will help uphold the international nuclear non-proliferation regime and promote regional peace and stability. Seyed Abbas Araghchi praised China's important and positive role in promoting the political and diplomatic settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue, and expressed willingness to maintain close communication and coordination with the Chinese side in this regard.

The two sides also exchanged views on regional issues such as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Syria, Yemen and the situation in the Red Sea.