China criticizes US actions and rhetoric on Iran conflict

China's foreign minister responded to comments from US Treasury Secretary Bessent, who suggested the US might lift sanctions on Iranian oil already being shipped. The Chinese official criticized this as an example of power politics and said such approaches have no future.

Separately, China stated that the killing of Iranian figures, including one named Larijani, was unacceptable. The country's leader, Xi Jinping, reportedly sees the US-Iran conflict as reinforcing a view of the United States as a dangerous superpower.