🔻China says the United States’ unilateral sanctions against Iran are illegal, and Beijing will firmly defend its interests. Yesterday, the United States announced that it has adopted sweeping measures to impose unprecedented economic pressure on Iran and warned Tehran’s trading partners of economic isolation. At the same time, the President of Iran called for Washington to change its tone and return to its commitments in the Islamabad agreement. After the visit of Pakistan’s army commander and interior minister to Tehran for mediation between Iran and the United States, both sides described the meeting as fruitful and constructive, but did not elaborate on its details.

Dialogue with Mehrdad Farhamand, analyst of Middle East affairs