China Calls For ‘Calm’ As US-Iran Tensions Rise

China on Tuesday urged “calm and restraint” as tensions between the US and Iran escalate following US President Donald Trump’s new sanctions on Iran.

“We believe that blindly applying maximum pressure will not help solve the problem,” said Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang at a press briefing in Beijing.

“Facts have proved that these measures have had the opposite effect and aggravated regional unrest,” he added.