Politics
China offers to mediate Iran-US war, pledges to defend Tehran's interests
September 16, 2026 at 01:01 PM
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3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 2 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
China willing to ‘safeguard Iran’s legitimate rights’, official says
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MAMasrawy
الصين تعرض وساطتها لإنهاء الحرب وتؤكد استعدادها لحماية مصالح إيران "ال | مصراوي
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
الصين تحث طهران وواشنطن على التهدئة وتعلن استعدادها للدفاع عن مصالح إيران
(opens the publisher’s site)Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Beijing on Wednesday, urging calm and pledging to defend Tehran's interests ahead of Xi Jinping's scheduled Washington visit.
- Wang Yi said China urges both Iran and the US to exercise restraint and return to the Islamabad memorandum.
- Wang Yi said China is ready to defend Iran's legitimate rights and interests and called for steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- Xi Jinping is set to visit Washington in one week for a summit with President Trump, with the war and trade disputes on the agenda.
- The Chinese government denied US reports that its firms supplied Iran with satellite surveillance data on a US base in Jordan before an attack that killed three US troops.
- Wang Yi said the US-Israel war on Iran highlighted flaws in the Middle East's existing security architecture.