# Iranian terror in London & why the US needs China to rearm

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Podcast: [Iran: The Latest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846)
Published: 2026-04-30T15:59:11+00:00
Episode link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/30/us-cannot-fight-another-war-after-iran-without-china-help/
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The UK is in shock after an Iran-linked Islamist group claimed yet another attack on Jews in London.  In the wake of the Golders Green stabbing attack, national security editor Rozina Sabur looks at what we know about the shadowy online group known as Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI) and its links to the Iranian regime.  Plus, as Donald Trump weighs whether to take further military action against Iran or in the Strait of Hormuz, Samuel Olsen, chief analyst at risk and intelligence firm Sibylline, explains that the conflict has further indebted the US to China. Why? Beijing’s near-total dominance of the supply chain of rare earths and critical minerals, which every bit of modern military kit requires. Trump’s upcoming visit to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping is likely to centre on this issue - as well as Taiwan.  Elsewhere, Venetia Rainey and Sophia Yan analyse what we learned from Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth’s first under-oath testimony on the war and why the ceasefire seems to be holding everywhere apart from Iraq.  Highlights Why the US cannot rearm post-Iran war without China  Rozina Sabur on the Iran-linked group claiming to be behind the Golders Green attack CONTRIBUTORS: Venetia Rainey, co-host @venetiarainey Sophia Yan, senior foreign correspondent @sophia_yan Samuel Olsen, chief analyst Sibylline @samolsenx CONTENT REFERENCED: Project Vault: Trump’s battle to break China’s critical mineral stranglehold https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/09/project-vault-trumps-battle-to-break-chinas-mineral-strangl/ China just proved it can cripple the US military in days. Now Trump is furious https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/20/china-just-proved-it-can-cripple-the-us-military-in-days-no/ The Iranian sleeper cell bringing terror t…

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