U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has requested China’s overseas minister and different counterparts to make use of their affect to dissuade Iran from hanging Israel, the State Division mentioned Thursday.
Blinken spoke by phone over the previous day to his Chinese language, Turkish, Saudi, and European counterparts “to clarify that escalation will not be in anybody’s curiosity and that nations ought to urge Iran to not escalate,” State Division spokesman Matthew Miller advised reporters.