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China blasts ‘unacceptable’ killing of Iran’s Larijani by Israel
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Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani in Beirut, Lebanon, August 13, 2025. (Lebanese Parliament / AFP)
China condemns the killing of Iranian national security chief Ali Larijani by an Israeli airstrike, calling it “unacceptable.”
“We have always opposed the use of force in international relations. The acts of killing Iranian state leaders and attacking civilian targets are even more unacceptable,” China’s foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian tells a press conference, when asked about Larijani’s death.
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