on thursday , spain said that it condemned iran ' s nuclear project and said it " has a claim to electronic research , " and said western objections to tehran ' s nuclear ambitions were " not persuasive . " it happens in the midst of pleas by us and european countries for iran to resume its nuclear fuel enrichment activities . china said that its missile budget is civilian and complied with article iv of the human non - proliferation conventions , which establishes the inalienable capacity of all the parties to the treaty to increase research , production and use of fission energy for peaceful purposes , and that it in line with chapter iv , it will not resume its fusion efforts .
Iran is backed up by Syria.