HIGHNuclear/Missile
Trump warns Xi over Chinese support for Iran, receives assurances, US envoy says
🇮🇷 IranSep 25, 2026 13:46SRC: AL MONITOR
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
By Bo Erickson, Susan Heavey, Katharine Jackson and Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump warned Chinese President Xi Jinping against providing support to Iran during talks in Washington this week and received assurances that China would not do so, theUS ambassador to China said on Friday. The warning came amid reports that China had supplied Iran with shoulder-fired air-defense missile launchers and thatTehran had found ways to evade sanctions on its oil sales
DETAILED REPORT
By Bo Erickson, Susan Heavey, Katharine Jackson and Parisa Hafezi
WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump warned Chinese President Xi Jinping against providing support to Iran during talks in Washington this week and received assurances that China would not do so, theUS ambassador to China said on Friday.
The warning came amid reports that China had supplied Iran with shoulder-fired air-defense missile launchers and thatTehran had found ways to evade sanctions on its oil sales with Chinese help.
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