Gulf Insider
Iran quietly secured a Chinese spy satellite in late 2024 and used it to track US military bases across the Middle East during the current war, the Financial Times has newly – an allegation Beijing has flatly and angrily denied. The TEE-01B satellite, built and launched by Chinese firm Earth Eye Co, was allegedly taken over by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Aerospace Force after launch from China, according to the report, which cites leaked Iranian military documents. Of course, the usual caveats must apply when it comes to major Western MSM reporting on an emerging ‘axis of evil’ doing all things anti-America: Russia, China, Iran (and certainly South Korea could soon be thrown in the mix, given its pro-Moscow role in the Ukraine war). “Recently, some forces have been keen on fabricating rumors and maliciously associating them to China,” according to the official statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry. In the meantime, Earth Eye Co has not commented. Further, the Chinese embassy in Washington told the Financial Times: “We firmly oppose relevant parties spreading speculative and insinuative disinformation against China.” But we should note that this wasn’t exactly a full-on denial of the charge, and the embassy would likely not have a full picture of what the highest echelons of Chinese […]
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