Pepe Escobar is 100% Right. China isn’t Just Trading Through Iran it’s Building a Sanctions-proof Fortress
By Masu Zafi
Pepe Escobar is 100% right.
China isn’t just trading through Iran it’s building a sanctions-proof fortress.
In May 2025, Beijing quietly activated the 10,400 km China-Iran railway.
Trains now run from Xi’an straight through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Tehran’s Aprin Dry Port in just 15 days slashing the old sea route by more than half.
Goods. Containers. And soon oil moving overland in tank cars, settled in yuan, backed by barter.
1. No navy.
2. No Strait of Hormuz.
3. No Strait of Malacca.
4. No US blockade possible.
This is the ultimate backup corridor the empire can’t touch.
While Washington obsesses over naval chokepoints, China is rewriting the map with rail and reality.
The New Silk Road just got armor.
This is how multipolarity actually wins.
Pepe Escobar is 100% right.
China isn’t just trading through Iran it’s building a sanctions-proof fortress.
In May 2025, Beijing quietly activated the 10,400 km China-Iran railway.
Trains now run from Xi’an straight through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Tehran’s Aprin Dry… pic.twitter.com/pii9T76Y7d— Masu Zafi (@masuzafi) April 25, 2026
