All you had to do was westernize your economy, hand your infrastructure to global capital, and open your markets
Do that, and just like Syria, you'll become "partners"
Turkiye not China in this case. Turkiye has a large PV fabrication industry as well [0][1][2][3] and it's Turkish companies that are leading reconstruction with Qatari, Saudi, and Emirati capital [4].
The Turkish company selected for most of these projects (Kalyon Group) is also in the PV fabrication business and Erdogan aligned.
[0] - https://cw-enerji.com/en/cw-enerji-library/cw-enerji-one-of-...
[1] - https://www.kivancsolar.com/en/corporate
[2] - https://smartsolar.com.tr/en/hakkimizda.html
[3] - https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/08/kalyon-pv-begins-prod...
[4] - https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/ekonomi/suriyenin-enerji-sektorune-...
If we look at the events at a higher level:
- Israel used to destabilize
- China used to build
It's pretty consistent
And from what i recall, Iran doesn't really trust China as a partner
But yes, generally westernizing works out better for all concerned.
Iran is trying to build grid on atomic powerplants, because solar is frankly not enough nor reliable!