Ali Khamenei and China are intensifying cooperation amid significant recent events in Tehran.

Entities

• China (place) gravity 0.0195 · momentum +0.001 · Q148
• Ali Khamenei (person) gravity 0.0021 · momentum -0.014 · Q57401

Signals

• edge_weight_recent 63.3
• edge_weight_prior 1
• factor 63.3
• event_count_recent 102
• window_days 30

Confidence (66%) is computed numerically from these signals. The sentence prose was written by an LLM given only the structured signals as input, the LLM never sees or chooses the confidence number.

What would change our mind

Edge weight between China and Ali Khamenei returns to its 30-day baseline, or two clean weeks pass with no fresh co-mention from a tier-1 source.

Inversion conditions are a property of the pattern detector, not the LLM. Watch for this signal move and the claim should weaken or be superseded.

Where the contributing events happen

Contributing events (8)

• 2026-07-18 08:00:00 · gdelt · 018 Make empathetic comment · tone +1.31
  In tehran ayatollah khamenei funeral witnessed iran soul through grief poetry resolve
  Iran · Tehran · Ali Khamenei · China · Iran nuclear
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• 2026-07-15 20:15:00 · gdelt · 010 Make public statement · tone -4.49
  American socialism us iran conflict ayatollah khamenei's funeral and nato russia china
  Iran · Ali Khamenei · China · Russia · Moscow · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Iran nuclear · Iraq · Rome · Kyiv · United States · Ukraine
  source ↗
• 2026-07-11 13:15:00 · gdelt · 111 Criticize or denounce · tone -3.56
  Iran us tensions ayatollah khamenei funeral
  Iran · Ali Khamenei · China · Beijing · Iran nuclear
  source ↗
• 2026-07-06 13:15:00 · gdelt · 017 Engage in symbolic act · tone -3.85
  2026 07 06 foreign delegations arrive tehran funeral ali khamenei
  Iran · Tehran · Ali Khamenei · China · Iran nuclear · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh
  source ↗
• 2026-07-06 11:15:00 · gdelt · 150 Exhibit force posture · tone -4.70
  Us killed our father iranians call for revenge against trump at ayatollah ali khamenei funeral in tehran
  Tehran · Ali Khamenei · Donald Trump · China · Iran nuclear · Russia
  source ↗
• 2026-07-06 05:45:00 · gdelt · 042 Make a visit · tone -2.30
  Funeral procession irans khamenei begins tehran expected last 732
  Tehran · Ali Khamenei · China · Pakistan · Iran nuclear
  source ↗
• 2026-07-06 05:30:00 · gdelt · 042 Make a visit · tone -1.97
  Funeral procession for irans khamenei begins in tehran expected to last 10 12 hours iranian
  Iran · Tehran · Ali Khamenei · China · Iran nuclear · Iranian · Pakistan
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• 2026-07-05 11:00:00 · gdelt · 013 Make optimistic comment · tone -0.51
  Irans new supreme leader mojtaba khamenei holds positive view china ambassador says
  Ali Khamenei · China · Beijing · Iran · Tehran
  source ↗

Confidence history