China says it opposes ‘illegal’ US sanctions on Iranian airlines
Beijing called the measures illegal as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said sanctions could shut down Iranian airlines worldwide within days.
- On Tuesday, September 22, China opposed new United States sanctions targeting Iranian airlines, calling the measures "illegal." This diplomatic pushback occurred one day after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened to restrict these carriers globally.
- Bessent told CNBC that "all the Iranian airlines will be shut down around the world" under American pressure. He previously pledged "economic D-Day" against Tehran, aiming to choke off the nation financially.
- Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun argued the sanctions lack UN Security Council authorization, while the Treasury Department is simultaneously targeting international firms supporting Iran's aviation sector.
- These diplomatic frictions arrive just before President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet on Thursday, September 24, following Bessent's earlier economic discussions with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng.
- Ongoing hostilities between the United States and Iran, which intensified in late February, continue to impact markets; Tehran previously blocked the Strait of Hormuz, causing global oil prices to surge.
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The spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guo Jiacon, said that his country continued to assert its opposition to unilateral "illegal" sanctions, which "are not in conformity with international law."
US President Donald Trump will receive next Thursday, September 24, his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.
China has described US sanctions against Iranian airlines as illegal and opposed, as announced in the briefing by Go Jiakun, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reports the Global Times.
China receives several flights every week from the Iranian company Mahan Air, which is among the companies blacklisted by the US government. The post China: Opposes US "illegal unilateral sanctions" against Iranian airlines appeared first on in.gr.
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