China’s role in enabling Iran’s Shahed drone supply lines

Beijing's intermediaries, tech transfers and networks sustain Tehran's effective low-cost weapon Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Radoslaw Sikorski speaks beside a Shahed-136 drone during an event organized by United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) in the Houses of Parliament in London on Oct. 14, 2025. © Reuters Anushka Saxena is a staff research analyst in the Geostrategy program of the Takshashila Institution, a policy think tank based in Bengaluru.

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