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Russia and China Didn’t Help Iran. Why?

Simon Whistler · March 3, 2026 · 16 min video · Middle East

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It also is a very long ago that the western world was trembling in its boots.

Decades after the Cold War from Ukraine to West Africa to the South, China see

The US and

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Russia and China were supposed to back Iran. Instead, as U.S. and Israeli bombs fall, Beijing and Moscow stand aside—revealing the hard limits of their so-called “Axis of Upheaval.” Megaprojects: https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@politicalfronts

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