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Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi to Meet China's Wang Yi on Wednesday

The visit comes ahead of an anticipated trip by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a location given as Beijing, China, in this handout image released on May 6, 2026. (File photo: Reuters/Telegram/Seyed Abbas Araghchi)

What this story says

  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit China this week.
  • He is scheduled to meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday.
  • China is a key economic and diplomatic partner for Iran.
  • The visit precedes an anticipated trip by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington.

Who covered it

Left 25%(3)Centre 8%(1)Right 67%(8)

Percentages are shares of the 12 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 16 of the 28 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

57/100

Hype

20/100

28 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

Only 3 of the 12 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to visit China this week for discussions with his counterpart, Wang Yi. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, according to China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. China is a significant economic partner and diplomatic supporter of Iran. This visit occurs shortly before Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to travel to Washington.

Disagreement on the date of the meeting

While most reports state the meeting between Araghchi and Wang Yi is scheduled for Wednesday, September 15, some digests indicate September 16. Channel News Asia, CGTN, and Business Daily state the meeting is on Wednesday. Latestly, Tribune India, and aninews.in state September 16. Mehr News Agency and Anadolu Ajansı also mention Wednesday. The Jerusalem Post states Wednesday. CNBC-TV18 states September 16. Entakhab.ir states September 16 (September 25). Hathalyoum.net states Wednesday. Unknown (etilaatroz.com) states tomorrow (Wednesday, September 15). Unknown (khabaronline.ir) states tomorrow. Inn.ir and defapress.ir state tomorrow. Snn.ir states tomorrow. Tabnak.ir states tomorrow, Wednesday, September 15. Capital.gr mentions coordination ahead of the Xi-Trump meeting. Prensa-latina.cu states September 15. Ekonomim.com mentions a meeting last week on the sidelines of the BRICS meeting in New Delhi. The Sunday Guardian Live states tomorrow, September 16, 2026.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated digests mention Beijing's refutation of reports concerning the supply of satellite images to Iran. None of the centre-rated digests mention Beijing's refutation of reports concerning the supply of satellite images to Iran. None of the right-rated digests mention Beijing's refutation of reports concerning the supply of satellite images to Iran.

Tags:#Iran#China#Diplomacy#MiddleEast#InternationalRelations

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 2 times, most recently on 15 Sept 2026, 11:15, and will add the sides that appear.

How other outlets pictured it

Which photograph to run is each newsroom’s own choice. The leaning beside a name is that outlet’s published rating, not a claim that the pictures divide along it. Every picture is shown from the outlet’s own server and links to the article it ran in.

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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

3 rated outlets

  • The two left-rated reports, CGTN and rthk.hk, focused on the announcement of the visit and the meeting between the foreign ministers. CGTN stated that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi would hold talks with Araghchi. Rthk.hk noted that Araghchi and Wang Yi had met previously on the sidelines of the BRICS conference in New Delhi.

Centre

1 rated outlet

  • The centre-rated report from Channel News Asia highlighted that the talks between the foreign ministers were occurring just one week before an expected trip by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington. It also mentioned Beijing's refutation of reports that Chinese entities supplied Iran with satellite images of a US military base.

Right

8 rated outlets

  • The eight right-rated reports from Latestly, Tribune India, aninews.in, Mehr News Agency, Asharq AL-awsat, CNBC-TV18, Anadolu Ajansı, and Jerusalem Post all led with the impending visit of Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to China. A common point across these reports was that the visit was taking place ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's expected trip to the United States. Anadolu Ajansı added that Araghchi and Wang Yi would meet for the second time in the Chinese capital since US-Israeli strikes on Iran began in February.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi to Meet China's Wang Yi on Wednesday?
Of the 12 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 25% are rated left, 8% are rated centre, 67% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 28. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi to Meet China's Wang Yi on Wednesday left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 12 rated outlets on this story, 25% are rated left, 8% are rated centre, 67% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi to Meet China's Wang Yi on Wednesday biased?
Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi to Meet China's Wang Yi on Wednesday is one event reported by 28 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi to Meet China's Wang Yi on Wednesday?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi to Meet China's Wang Yi on Wednesday?
28 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
When will Iran's Foreign Minister visit China?
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is scheduled to visit China this week. The meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, is set for Wednesday.
Why is this visit significant?
The visit is significant as it occurs shortly before an anticipated trip by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington. China is also a key economic partner and diplomatic backer of Iran.
Did any reports mention China supplying Iran with satellite images?
Channel News Asia, a centre-rated outlet, reported that Beijing refuted claims of Chinese entities supplying Iran with satellite images of a US military base. This detail was not mentioned in any of the left or right-rated reports.

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