As early as four years ago, there was news that Iran was seeking to buy advanced fighter jets from China.

It's just that at that time, Iran had no intention of doing so, and even if it began to contact China, it was only to use it to lower prices for Russia.

The problem is that Russia has not been fooled at all.

Quite simply, Iran needs not only an advanced air superiority fighter, but also a multi-role fighter.

Huaxia was able to provide air supremacy fighters, but it was unable to provide multi-role fighters capable of meeting Iranian requirements.

It's not that there isn't, but it can't be exported.

If Iran wants to buy these two kinds of goods in one store, it can only choose Russia, and from the perspective of later use, it is more cost-effective to import two kinds of fighters from one country, because this can greatly reduce the burden of logistics support, and only need to establish a set of command and support systems.

Recognizing this problem, Iran has also made compromises.

That is, the Su-34 was no longer forced, and the procurement object was replaced with the Su-30M.

It's just that Russia still refuses to sell the Su-35, and the Su-30 sold is not its own version, but a "monkey version" with a simplified configuration.

As for the price, there is no need to say.

Negotiations have been going on for more than a year without the slightest progress.

In the end, Iran can only turn its attention to China and reconsider the plan proposed by China.

That's it, the combination of J-10C and FBC-1.

J-10C has nothing to say, as long as the price is fair, Huaxia will provide the best electronic equipment according to Iran's requirements, ensuring that the performance is sufficiently advanced.

The problem is with the FBC-1.

Quite simply, this multi-role fighter is about the same as the Su-24, even if it is newer, it does not have significant advantages in performance.

In addition, Huaxia's FBC-1 production line has also been shut down, so what can be sold to Iran is second-hand, but at a very fair price.

After all, second-hand goods are the price of second-hand goods.

In addition, Huaxia's J-16 has entered the stage of full-speed production, and a large number of J-11B are being upgraded to J-11D, J-10C also has a good strike capability, FBC-1 will be replaced sooner or later, rather than scrapping it at that time, it is better to sell it at a good price in advance.

It's just that Iran looks down on FBC-1.

In response to this problem, Huaxia also gave a solution, and Iran paid to build the J-10C into a real multi-role fighter.

Of course, it will certainly not be too expensive, the main thing is to strengthen the body mechanism and add some electronic equipment for ground strike.

As for performance, even if it can't be compared with the F-15SA, it will certainly not be worse than the UAE's F-16E/F, which can be regarded as the leader of the medium multirole fighter.

In addition, there is another benefit, which can greatly reduce the burden of logistics support.

The multi-purpose J-10C and the air-supremacy J-10C can share ground support equipment, and the main components such as engines and radars can be common.

If you want to talk about the problem, it's just that the combat radius is a little shorter.

Actually, for Iran, this is not a problem at all, since the combat radius of the J-10C is enough for 800 km when performing ground strike missions.

Relatively speaking, the biggest problem is that it takes time to improve.

Of course, Huaxia also proposed a solution, that is, to purchase more air-making J-10C, and then transform some of it into a multi-purpose type.

In this way, Iran can get enough advanced fighters in time, and the increased cost is not very much.

In order to win this customer, Huaxia even proposed a compromise solution, that is, to provide Iran with a batch of second-hand FBC-1 in a half-buy-half-free manner, and wait until the multi-purpose J-10C is completed, and then replace it one-to-one, if Iran is willing to buy it, there is no problem.

It can be seen that in doing business, Huaxia is more sincere and fully considers the needs of customers.

It was then, after two high-level negotiations, that Iran essentially locked up the deal, and with a compromise proposed by China.

It was a very wise decision.

With the purchase of 24 J-10Cs and the lease of 24 FBC-1s, Iran will be able to acquire both much-needed fighters immediately and with minimal risk to itself.

Quite simply, if the development of a multi-purpose version of the J-10C gets into trouble, there is also FBC-1 that can be used.

Well, the price is completely within the acceptable range of Iran.

The purchase of 24 J-10Cs totals $1.8 billion, including ground support equipment, while the annual rental of 24 FBC-1s is only $72 million.

If Huaxia can develop a multi-purpose J-10C within five years, Iran will purchase 24 aircraft for $2 billion.

At that time, if Iran intends to keep 24 FBC-1s, it will only need to pay another $500 million.

In other words, Iran can buy 48 J-10Cs for $4.46 billion, or 48 J-10Cs and 24 FBC-1s for $5.16 billion.

At the price, it's absolutely fair.

You know, Russia has set a price of up to $4 billion for 30 Su-27SKs and 30 Su-24s.

If the Su-24 is replaced with the Su-30MK, Iran will have to come up with 6 billion dollars.

If Iran insists on buying the Su-35 and Russia agrees, then the total price of 30 Su-35s and 30 Su-30Ms will exceed $10 billion.

Does Iran have so much money?

Even if there is, with 10 billion US dollars, at least 150 J-10Cs can be bought from Huaxia, and the combat effectiveness of 150 J-10Cs must be far above 30 Su-35 and 30 Su-30M.

No matter how you compare, it is more cost-effective to buy 48 J-10Cs from Huaxia.

However, until the outbreak of the Iraqi civil war, Iran did not sign a formal contract with China.

Quite simply, there was a problem with the payment method on both sides.

Iran wants to complete the deal with barter, that is, to exchange oil and gas for fighter jets, after all, Iran has little foreign exchange.

Initially, Huaxia insisted on cash payments.

After considering the actual situation in Iran, Huaxia also relented, agreeing to pay for barter, but not oil and gas, but oil field rights, and a state purchase agreement of at least 10 years to ensure adequate returns.

Obtaining the right to exploit oil fields is actually an investment in Iran.

To put it bluntly, Huaxia will definitely invest in infrastructure construction to increase the production of oil fields, at least to ensure that the oil fields can operate normally, and after the expiration of the exploitation authorization, these infrastructure will remain in Iran and become Iran's state-owned assets, which is equivalent to helping Iran to carry out construction.

Of course, Huaxia's investment in infrastructure has to be converted into a state procurement agreement, which means that the negotiated price must be lower than the market price.

Just how to convert?

Ten years, or is it based on the mining authorization period?

In a word, the price has not yet been negotiated.

It can also be seen from this that Iran, which is poor and afraid, always wants to take advantage and buy the best equipment with the least amount of money, without considering whether the other side will lose money.

Huaxia will do business again, and it will not lose money and make money.

Besides, the sale of the J-10C to Iran will have to consider the impact on Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Since Iran is not so active, China is naturally not too concerned.

If you can't talk about it, then talk slowly.

This delay, and something will happen.

Since it was aimed at all countries related to the civil war in Iraq, Huaxia unilaterally terminated the negotiations with Iran and sent the Iranian arms purchase delegation back.

For Saudi Arabia, this is obviously a very happy thing.