After the 12-day Israel-Iran conflict of June 2025, Tehran appears to have accelerated a strategic pivot toward Beijing in the space and navigation domain. With alleged GPS disruption exposing vulnerabilities in Iran’s missile and drone guidance systems, reports suggest Iran has expanded cooperation with China under their 2021 Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. From adopting China’s BeiDou-3 navigation satellite system to integrating encrypted signals into military architecture, analysts claim this shift could enhance Iran’s precision-strike capabilities and resilience against jamming and spoofing. Chinese satellite imagery and expanded space-based coordination are now seen as key components of Iran’s evolving “kill chain.” Here’s a breakdown of what changed after the war, how Iran’s indigenous satellite fleet compares, and what this growing China-Iran space alignment could mean for regional security dynamics.