BEIJING
\nChina supports Iran in defending its \u201csovereignty, security and national dignity\u201d, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi told Iran\u2019s acting foreign minister in a phone call on Sunday, according to a statement by China\u2019s foreign ministry.
\nIn the phone call, Wang repeated Beijing\u2019s denunciation of the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, saying the strike had violated Iran\u2019s sovereignty and threatened regional stability.
\nIran and the Palestinian group Hamas have accused Israel of carrying out strike that killed Haniyeh.
\nIsrael has not claimed or denied responsibility for the killing, which has fueled concern that the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip was turning into a wider Middle East war.
\nIran has vowed to \u201charshly punish\u201d Israel over the assassination.
\nWang told Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran\u2019s Acting Foreign Minister, that the killing of Haniyeh had \u201cdirectly undermined the Gaza ceasefire negotiation process and undermined regional peace and stability,\u201d China\u2019s foreign ministry said.
\n\u201cChina supports Iran in defending its sovereignty, security and national dignity in accordance with the law, and in its efforts to maintain regional peace and stability, and stands ready to maintain close communication with Iran,\u201d Wang was quoted as saying.
\nIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday nominated Abbas Araqchi as the country\u2019s foreign minister. Araqchi had been Iran\u2019s chief negotiator in nuclear talks from 2013 to 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BEIJING China supports Iran in defending its \u201csovereignty, security and national dignity\u201d, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi told Iran\u2019s acting foreign minister in a phone call on Sunday, according to a statement by China\u2019s foreign ministry. In the phone call, Wang repeated Beijing\u2019s denunciation of the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-424508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n