EghtesadOnline: China has been Iran's biggest trading partner and its export destination–although that position went briefly to Iraq in the second half of 2018– and Tehran continues to seek stronger ties with its "traditional ally."

EghtesadOnline: Head of Iran Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi met on Thursday evening with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond on dire need of removing existing banking restrictions blocking expansion of economic cooperation with Iran.