Iran secretly negotiates with China, Russia  to buy sanctioned missile fuel – Politico

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Tehran is conducting parallel negotiations with officials and government-controlled organizations of Russia and China, including the state-owned Russian chemical producer Anozit, to purchase large quantities of ammonium perchlorate, the main ingredient of solid fuel used to power rockets.

According to diplomats, negotiations on the acquisition in Beijing were led by Iranian diplomat Sajjad Ahazadeh who is Tehran's "technology advisor" in China and the region as a whole. However, diplomats said they did not know which Chinese companies were involved in the talks.

• General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, said that Iran would need only a few months to create its own nuclear weapons, if Tehran has the goal of creating them.

• High-ranking US officials are discussing a new approach in negotiations with Iran and concluding an agreement that will limit the country's nuclear development.