{"id":7138,"date":"2026-08-24T16:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/?p=7138"},"modified":"2026-08-24T16:31:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:01:02","slug":"china-warns-sanctions-wont-resolve-disputes-pledges-to-protect-interests-as-us-prepares-sweeping-iran-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/china-warns-sanctions-wont-resolve-disputes-pledges-to-protect-interests-as-us-prepares-sweeping-iran-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"China Warns Sanctions Won&#8217;t Resolve Disputes, Pledges to Protect Interests as US Prepares Sweeping Iran Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"item-summary\">\n<div class=\"item-title\">\n<p class=\"introtext\">China has warned that sanctions and pressure will not resolve disputes and pledged to take necessary measures to protect its interests as Washington prepares sweeping sanctions against Iran and its trading partners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"item-text content-full-news\">\n<p><strong>Tehran-IranView24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular press conference in Beijing on Monday that sanctions and pressure would only intensify tensions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanctions and pressure will not help resolve problems. They will only heighten tensions and escalate the situation, which serves no party\u2019s interests,\u201d Lin said, according to China Daily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina calls on all parties to remain rational and exercise restraint, and to avoid measures that could further aggravate tensions and conflict or undermine global economic growth and financial stability,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to target Tehran and its trading partners amid the ongoing conflict between Iran and the United States, Lin urged the parties to return as soon as possible to the path of political settlement through dialogue and negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina will closely follow relevant developments and take necessary measures to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests,\u201d the spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks came as U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned third countries against maintaining commercial ties with Tehran and threatened international buyers of Iranian oil\u2014particularly China\u2014with severe secondary sanctions and financial penalties unless they halt their purchases.<\/p>\n<p>China is the largest buyer of Iranian oil, while Washington\u2019s new measures are expected to target Tehran\u2019s international trading partners, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has condemned Washington\u2019s sanctions, imposed under its failed so-called \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d campaign, as \u201ceconomic terrorism\u201d and stressed that the measures are bound to fail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has warned that sanctions and pressure will not resolve disputes and pledged to take necessary measures to protect its interests as Washington prepares sweeping sanctions against Iran and its trading partners. Tehran-IranView24 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular press conference in Beijing on Monday that sanctions and pressure would only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,48,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-worlds","category-east-asia","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7140,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7138\/revisions\/7140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}