China Urges Iran-US Restraint, Hosts Iran Diplomat — SkimNews
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- China's top diplomat urged Iran and the US to show restraint and revive talks, according to Reuters.
- A Chinese official said China is willing to "safeguard Iran's legitimate rights," per Al Jazeera.
- Beijing hosted an Iranian diplomat ahead of an upcoming US-China summit, with Iran's foreign minister set to travel to China — a move the New York Times framed as "a signal to Trump."
Why it matters: Beijing is inserting itself as a diplomatic intermediary in the US-Iran standoff at the moment a US-China summit is on the calendar. By hosting Iran's foreign minister before sitting down with Washington, China gains leverage in the bilateral talks and signals that the Trump administration cannot manage the Iran file without Chinese cooperation.
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