China Urges Immediate Ceasefire After U.S., Israel Strike Iran

A screengrab from a video released by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) shows a missile being fired from an unknown location, released February 28, 2026, in this still image obtained from social media. CENTCOM via X/Handout via REUTERS

U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran are unacceptable, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday as he called for an immediate ceasefire and the resumption of talks to prevent a wider regional conflict.

The “blatant killing of a sovereign leader” and the incitement of regime change were “unacceptable,” Wang told Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on a phone call, according to China’s state-run Xinhua news agency.

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