Iran-US war latest: China tells Tehran to open Strait of Hormuz after Trump’s promise to ‘do it for Xi’

Swipe for next article Liveupdated Iran-US war latest: China tells Tehran to open Strait of Hormuz after Trump’s promise to ‘do it for Xi’ China is Iran’s largest trading partner and the primary buyer of the country’s oil China has told Iran on Thursday that it must reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The country’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, told Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi that freedom of safety and navigation through the waterway should be guaranteed, saying there is a “unanimous interest” for normal navigation to be restored. It follows a US blockade of Iranian ports this week, which has…