There is an interesting phenomenon in the Arab world and Iran.
Iran has poor official relations with the United States and has long been sanctioned by the United States. However, although Iran's ostensible political correctness is anti-American, in reality the top is all pro-European, most ** (only a small part is anti-American or riding the wall. Note: They are anti-American ≠pro-Chinese), and the folk unity is extremely pro-European and American, and they like to emphasize their "Aryan" ancestry and identity, believing that they are the same race as white Europeans and Americans, and looking down on other so-called "colored people" (which is the same as the poor countries of Eastern Europe).
Iranians are not friendly to China and the Chinese, and the people's impression of China almost all comes from CNN, BBC and other Western **, and they believe in it (like some ** in China, Iran's local ** also likes to quote directly and ** Western ** remarks).
But despite being so pro-Western, Iran has not returned the attention of the West, and has had to carry out some cooperation with China as a last resort. China, of course, is well aware of this, so it has not focused on Iran in the Middle East because of the current poor US-Iran relations.
If one day Europe and the United States "change their minds," Iran will immediately "throw itself into the arms of Europe and the United States" without any hesitation. This is very similar to Russia, which very much wants to be "accepted" by Europe and the United States and recognized as "part of the white world".
Interestingly, Saudi Arabia, a long-term ally of the United States, is very friendly to China, and it can even be said that the entire Arab world has generally a good attitude towards China, in contrast to the Persians.
The Arab elite has a very deep study of China, while the Persians have long focused on Europe and the United States, and this is still the case today, and most of the research on China is based on second-hand sources in Europe and the United States.