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China Criticizes Trump's Comment on Iran's Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
China opposes targeting Iran’s new supreme leader and calls for respect of Iran’s sovereignty while highlighting the region’s impact on global energy and trade, with 80% of Iranian oil exports to China.
- On Monday, China said Iran's naming of Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader is a domestic matter and opposed any attempt to target him, while Guo Jiakun said the appointment was based on Iran's constitution.
- Following the killing of Ali Khamenei in 2024, Mojtaba Khamenei was swiftly named successor, as shown by a photo dated October 3, 2024.
- On March 8, Zhai Jun, China's envoy to the Middle East, met Saudi Arabia's foreign minister and urged immediate cessation of military operations, while Wang Yi said Sunday the war should end.
- More than 80 percent of Iranian oil exports went to China last year, making up about 13 percent of China’s seaborne crude imports and highlighting dependence on the Strait of Hormuz.
- Beijing, a close partner of Tehran, condemned the killing but criticised Iranian strikes on Gulf states, contrasting with Donald Trump’s dismissal of Mojtaba Khamenei as 'lightweight'.
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China criticizes Trump's comment on Iran's leader Mojtaba Khamenei
In response to President Donald Trump’s reaction to the emergence of Mojtaba Khamenei in Iran, China has advised leaders and nations to abstain from meddling in the decisions of others. On Sunday, Trump stated that the Islamic Republic’s new supreme leader would need to get an endorsement from the United States government. “He’s going to have to get approval from us,” the President told ABC News. “If he doesn’t get approval from us, he’s not goi…
China said today that the decision to appoint Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran's new supreme leader, after his father and predecessor Ali Khamenei was killed on the first day of US-Israeli strikes, is an internal matter for Iran. Beijing opposes any attempt to attack the new leader.
It is Mojtaba Khamenei the new Supreme Guide of Iran. Trump: "Without our approval will last little." Israel: "We will kill him."
China today expressed its opposition to any foreign action directed against Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.
China says opposes any targeting of Iran’s new supreme leader
China said Monday that Iran’s decision to name Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader following the killing of his father was a domestic matter, and it opposed any attempt to target him. A photo taken on October 3, 2024, and provided by the office of Iran’s supreme leader, shows Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photo: Khamenei.ir/AFP. Israel’s military has threatened to target any successor to …
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