Comments by "Anders Juel Jensen" (@andersjjensen) on "Is there an alliance between Russia, China, and Iran?" video.
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With one key difference: because they do not share a common ideology they're merely "temporary bedfellows of convenience", and one would not hesitate to stab the other in the back if the geopolitical picture changes radically from what it is now.
Examples:
1) If the economy suddenly picks up again for China, and they eye executing "the debt trap" in middle eastern countries, like they've done in Pakistan and several South American countries, they might want Iran to back down from the trouble making. If Iran isn't too thrilled about this China might start actually abiding by the sanctions against Iran.
2) If the current power structure in Russia collapses, Iran might fuel "independence movements" in the muslim parts of Russia. And China might make a similar move on Outer Manchuria.
3) If Iran ends up "having democracy brought to their country" Russia might take the opportunity to actively take over the proxies Iran has created as a Wagner initiative much like their cleptocracy efforts in Africa.
When we normally think of "an alliance" we think of someone who will have each others back. And that's what Anders was shedding some light on here. If the US suddenly gets enough of Iran's BS and decides to gank them hard, Russia and China will at most cry foul in the UN. If Russia tries to invade Poland both China and Iran are going to do a face palm followed by vague statements about seeking peace negotiations as soon as possible.
The important take-away here is that this is not like Germany, Italy and Japan (and initially Russia, until Germany back-stabbed them) in WW2 who were working fairly tightly together, and had a vision on how "the world would be divided among them". When the Allies invaded Italy, Germany came to the rescue rather promptly. Japan fought fiercely to obtain rubber plantations that the Germans needed the output from.
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