{"id":5072,"date":"2026-08-25T06:39:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/?p=5072"},"modified":"2026-08-25T06:39:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:39:03","slug":"china-vows-to-protect-legitimate-rights-amid-us-sanctions-threats-over-iran-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/?p=5072","title":{"rendered":"China vows to \u2018protect legitimate rights\u2019 amid US sanctions threats over Iran trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China warned Monday that sanctions and pressure tactics do not resolve disputes, vowing to take necessary steps to safeguard its interests as the US prepares a sweeping package of economic penalties targeting Iran and its trading partners.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told reporters in Beijing that sanctions and pressure tactics \u201clead to escalation,\u201d stressing that \u201cescalation serves no one\u2019s interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina calls on parties to act rationally and with restraint and avoid taking any measures that may further escalate tensions or deal a blow to global economic growth and financial stability,\u201d Lin said.<\/p>\n<p>He was responding to questions about the Trump administration\u2019s move to impose sanctions on Tehran and its trading partners amid the ongoing war between the US and Iran.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2624917\/china-urges-south-korea-not-to-take-sides-blames-us-policy-for-korea-tensions\" rel=\"nofollow\">China urges South Korea not to take sides, blames US policy for Korea tensions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tehran has condemned the sanctions as \u201ceconomic terrorism\u201d and said they are \u201cbound to fail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lin urged the warring parties to \u201creturn to the right track of political settlement through dialogue and negotiations at an early date.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China \u201cwill closely watch relevant developments and do what is necessary to protect our legitimate rights and interests,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned third-party countries against continuing commercial ties with Tehran, urging international buyers, particularly China, the world\u2019s largest importer of Iranian crude, to halt purchases or risk severe secondary sanctions and financial penalties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China warned Monday that sanctions and pressure tactics do not resolve disputes, vowing to take necessary steps to safeguard its interests as the US prepares a sweeping package of economic penalties targeting Iran and its trading partners. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told reporters in Beijing that sanctions and pressure tactics \u201clead to escalation,\u201d &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5074,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5072\/revisions\/5074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}