Hackers are using the Gemini chatbot for coding, to identify attack points, and for creating fake information, Google said.

Tehran’s growing reliance on Beijing—a consequence of the battering its missile program has suffered from Israeli strikes—highlights the alignment of Iran and China with Russia and North Korea.

Last month, Kpler said Iran was gearing up to shift stockpiles of its crude in Chinese ports ahead of any tighter US sanctions imposed by president Donald Trump. This could total 20m barrels from storage in China’s Dalian and 5m barrels held in Zhoushan. The full amount is the equivalent of 25 suezmax cargoes.

Iranian cargo ships allegedly carrying chemicals to make missile propellent are setting sail from China to deliver the shipment to Tehran's army.

Two Iranian cargo vessels carrying an ingredient for missile propellant will sail from China to Iran in the next few weeks, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing intelligence from security officials in two Western countries.

Deal would prevent a third party gaining influence over territory which hosts key Western military base, says foreign minister

Revelations that China intends to supply Iran with rocket fuel goes against UK's Middle East policy and casts further doubt as to the wisdom of Keir Starmer's new détente with Beijing

In Davos, Mohammad Javad Zarif also says Israel failed in its Gaza war objectives, Tehran not building nukes; report says Iran to receive missile fuel shipment from China

Once China produced weapons-grade uranium, it assembled its first atomic bomb in as little as three to five weeks. Iran may do it even faster.

Iran and Russia have grown closer since the start of the Ukraine war as the two countries face international sanctions.

Russia signed a strategic partnership treaty with Iran on Friday that follows similar pacts with China and North Korea. All three countries are adversaries of the United States, and Russia has used its ties with them to help blunt the impact of Western sanctions and boost its war effort in Ukraine.

By threatening Colombia with the type of sanctions reserved for U.S. adversaries, Trump inflamed global interest in cultivating alternatives to the dollar.