China Opposes US Sanctions on Iranian Airlines as "Illegal"

🐉 BEIJING — China's "illegal" label is sanctions cover Tehran didn't need to request. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Bessent threatened airline sanctions publicly; Beijing's 24-hour rebuttal is coordinated cover. Iranian airlines are a dual-use IRGC logistics chain. China calling the measures "illegal" pre-emptively delegitimizes enforcement and weakens third-country compliance. Washington's secondary sanctions pressure erodes when Beijing signals it won't observe the line.