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P177
Iran war is strategically necessary for the US to block Russia's North-South Corridor and China's Belt and Road Initiative
What Jiang said
“As you can see, it runs through Iran. Okay, Iran is very important for the Russian north south corridor. Um, and that's why the United States is attacking Iran and that's why the United States is not is not is not going to ever stop attacking Iran because as long as Iran is at peace, Russia can trade with the world.”
Analysis
Iran sits at the center of both Russia's North-South Corridor and China's Belt and Road Initiative; by keeping Iran at war, the US blocks both Eurasian trade routes
Status history
- 2026-05-23 · Pending (glm)
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2026-09-25 ·
Pending → Unverifiable
(manual)
Not a forecast (claim audit 2026-09-26, operator-approved): in the 2026-04-21 lecture Jiang described something already true or under way. He says 'the United States is attacking Iran' and 'is not going to ever stop attacking Iran' as a description of a present, ongoing policy rather than a forecast of a new future development.