China has called for continued diplomatic engagement between Iran and the United States, urging both sides to pursue negotiations and avoid further escalation amid ongoing regional tensions.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking to reporters in New York on Wednesday, said that complex international disputes cannot be resolved overnight.
According to the 24NewsHD TV channel, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed that the sooner conflicts are brought to an end, the fewer the human losses will be.
Wang Yi added that China hopes all parties involved in the Iran-related tensions will maintain a ceasefire and continue talks, saying that every step forward in negotiations brings greater hope for peace.
On the other hand, the United States Central Command issued a statement on social media platform X denying that “Operation Project Freedom” had been restarted in the Strait of Hormuz.
The command clarified that US forces are not providing security escorts to commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. However, it added that certain restrictions related to Iranian ports remain in place.
It was also reported that US forces have turned back 108 vessels heading towards Iranian ports, underscoring continued maritime tensions in the region.
Meanwhile, an Iranian Revolutionary Guards official said on Wednesday that renewed war with the United States was unlikely but warned that Iran stood ready against any attack.
"The possibility of war is low because of the enemy's weakness; the armed forces are lying in wait with full magazines," said Mohammad Akbarzadeh, deputy political chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
"Do not doubt that we will turn the area from Chabahar to Mahshahr into a graveyard for aggressors," he said, naming places at each end of Iran's lengthy southern coast.