China warns of 'uncontrollable situation' in Mideast after Trump threats

Monday 23 Mar 2026

China warned on Monday that further attacks on the Middle East risk creating an "uncontrollable situation" in the war-torn region, after US President Donald Trump threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian.

 

Asked  a news conference about Donald Trump’s threats to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian warned: "If the war expands further and the situation deteriorates again, the entire region could be plunged into an uncontrollable situation," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a news conference, when asked about Trump's threats.

“The use of force ⁠will only lead ⁠to a vicious cycle,” he said, adding that the war, which the US and Israel are widely seen to have started illegally, should ‌not have begun in the first place.

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