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11-03-2026
BEIJING: China has warned against seeking government change in Iran amid the ongoing US-Israeli offensive, saying any such move lacks public support.
“Plotting a ‘color’ revolution or seeking government change will find no popular support,” China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a news conference on the sidelines of an important annual gathering in Beijing, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
Wang also called for the sovereignty of Iran and all countries to be respected, and demanded an “immediate stop to military operations” in the Middle East to prevent an escalation and avoid a spillover of the conflict.
“This is a war that should not have happened, and it is a war that does no one any good,” Wang said. “Force provides no solution, and armed conflict will only increase hatred and breed new crises.”
The people of the Middle East are the true masters of this region, and the region’s affairs should be determined by the countries there independently, he said, urging noninterference in internal affairs.
“A strong fist does not mean strong reason. The world cannot return to the law of the jungle,” he told reporters.
Wang urged “all sides” to return to the negotiating table “as quickly as possible” to resolve differences through dialogue, and work to realize common security.
China, he added, stands ready to work with the regional countries to “restore order to the Middle East, calm to its people, and peace to the world”.
According to a classified US National Intelligence Council report, even a large-scale US military offensive would be unlikely to overthrow Iran’s military and clerical power structure.
The report published on Saturday by The Washington Post, citing three sources familiar with the classified document undercuts US President Donald Trump’s assertion that he could “clean out” Iran’s leadership and install a preferred successor, indicating that such an outcome would be far from certain.
Beijing has condemned the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Wang also maintained that China’s relations with Russia, which has been criticized by the West for sustaining the war in Ukraine, remained “steadfast and unshakeable”.
The United States and Israel are continuing large-scale strikes on Iran, including an attack on an oil depot on Saturday, as the conflict has widened to include the Gulf region as well as Lebanon and Iraq.
Iran has said the US will pay for waging war and continued its retaliatory strikes on Israel and US military assets in Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, despite Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian promising on Saturday to halt attacks on Gulf States as long as their territories were not used to attack Iran.
In Iran
The US and Israel have continued large-scale strikes on Iran and struck oil storage depots and refining facilities for the first time in the country. Late on Saturday, local media captured footage of a massive fire raging at the Shehran oil depot on the outskirts of Tehran. The Israeli military claimed responsibility for striking fuel storage and related sites it alleges are affiliated with the Iranian armed forces. At least 1,332 people have been killed since Israel and the US launched attacks on February 28.
In Israel
The Israeli military said Iran launched several missiles towards Israel. Air raid sirens were activated in southern Israel, including in the Negev Desert.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) described the latest attack as the “27th wave of Operation True Promise”. (Int’l News Desk)
