{"id":156346,"date":"2026-08-20T18:53:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156346"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:53:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:53:37","slug":"us-urges-china-to-back-its-most-crushing-economic-operation-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156346","title":{"rendered":"US urges China to back its \u2018most crushing economic operation\u2019 against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostUS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday urged China to join Washington\u2019s latest efforts to economically pressure and isolate Iran after negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the six-month conflict collapsed.<br \/>\n\u201cKeep in mind, the Chinese get 50 per cent of their energy from the Gulf. So, it would do them a big service to get with the programme,\u201d Bessent told CNBC when asked whether the new economic sanctions would include China.<br \/>\nBessent also said that \u201cmany conversations are&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3364734\/us-urges-china-back-its-most-crushing-economic-operation-against-iran?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostUS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday urged China to join Washington\u2019s latest efforts to economically pressure and isolate Iran after negotiations to reopen&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156346"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}