As sanctions bite, Iran's Raisi talks business in China
The trip came at a moment of increasing international isolation, which has left Iran with fewer options than ever before in selling its lifeline oil.
TEHRAN — Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in China on Tuesday for a three-day state visit, where according to his spokesman, trade was topping the agenda.
Raisi is heading a high-level delegation comprising ministers of oil, finance, transport, agriculture, industry and foreign affairs as well as the country's top nuclear negotiator and the central bank governor.
