{"id":1367001,"date":"2026-03-08T17:53:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/iran-has-begun-receiving-chemicals-from-china-for-rocket-fuel-production-media\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T17:53:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:53:47","slug":"iran-has-begun-receiving-chemicals-from-china-for-rocket-fuel-production-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/iran-has-begun-receiving-chemicals-from-china-for-rocket-fuel-production-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran has begun receiving chemicals from China for rocket fuel production \u2014 media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Iranian ships left China carrying chemicals that could be used in Iran&#8217;s ballistic missile program and were intercepted at a Chinese port before being shipped to Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/2026\/03\/07\/laden-iranian-ships-depart-chinese-port-tied-key-military-chemicals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Post<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> Journalists note that these are the Shabdis and Barzin vessels. According to analysts, these ships can carry 6,500 and 14,500 20-foot containers, respectively.<\/p>\n<p> The ships docked at Gaolan Port in Zhuhai, which experts said is used to load chemicals, including sodium perchlorate.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Gaolan is a loading port for chemicals, including sodium perchlorate, which is a key precursor to solid rocket fuel. It is desperately needed by Iran for its missile program,&#8221; experts said.<\/p>\n<p> Journalists note that sodium perchlorate is an important component for the production of solid rocket fuel, which is used in ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n<p> According to preliminary data, the ships may be heading to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas.<\/p>\n<p> Analysts also note that such a delivery may indicate a change in China&#8217;s foreign policy approach. Previously, Beijing tried to avoid any confrontation with the United States, particularly on issues related to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p> It was previously reported that American intelligence suggests that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/kytay-hotuie-dopomohu-iranu-u-viyni-zmi\/\">China may provide Iran with financial assistance, spare parts, and missile components amid the war.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1627\" data-end=\"1840\"> According to US intelligence, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rosiia-dopomahaie-iranu-zavdavaty-udariv-po-viyskakh-ssha-shcho-vidomo\/\">Russia also provides Iran with intelligence on the movements of US troops, ships and aircraft<\/a> . In particular, Moscow transmits satellite images from its own orbital systems.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian ships left China carrying chemicals that could be used in Iran&#8217;s ballistic missile program and were intercepted at a Chinese port before being shipped to Iran. This is reported by The Washington Post . Journalists note that these are the Shabdis and Barzin vessels. According to analysts, these ships can carry 6,500 and 14,500 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1299198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76875,76870,76871],"class_list":["post-1367001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-world","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1367001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1299198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1367001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1367001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}