Name: Has China become Iran’s biggest economic lifeline? @TRTWorldNow
Uploaded: 2026-08-26T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: China has urged the US not to disrupt its co-operation with Iran after Washington announced Operation Economic Outcast, a sweeping campaign aimed at isolating Tehran from the global financial system. Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, has more.

Istanbul hosts first Mecca Pact meeting @TRTWorldNow

Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Türkiye is hosting Saudi and Pakistani ministers in Istanbul for the first meeting under the Mecca Defence Agreement. The pact considers an attack on one country an attack on all three. TRT World Special Coverage looks at what they will work on together.

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