Calling it “Operation Rising Lion”, Israel has launched widespread airstrikes across Iran, hitting key nuclear facilities and killing several military commanders, intensifying decades of hostility between Tehran and Tel Aviv. Given Iran’s long-standing geopolitical relationship with both Russia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC), ASD researchers analyzed Iranian, Russian, and PRC state messaging about the developing conflict to assess how closely the three countries are aligned rhetorically and what it could mean for their future cooperation.
