Iran’s Ghalibaf Touts ‘Global South’ Rise, Casting 70-Day Resistance as a New-Order Pivot

Overview

• Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, wrote on X that the world is at the cusp of a new order and that the future belongs to the Global South.
• Ghalibaf said Iran’s recent 70-day resistance to U.S. and Israeli pressure sped up this shift, framing local confrontation as a driver of global change.
• He quoted Xi Jinping’s line about a transformation unseen in a century to align Iran’s message with China’s narrative of a rebalancing world.
• His post followed a closely watched Beijing summit where Xi hosted President Donald Trump, providing the diplomatic backdrop for the China-linked rhetoric.
• News18 and Informed Comment report he was named Iran’s special representative for China affairs to coordinate ties, though this appointment has limited independent confirmation and does not reflect a formal new alliance.