China tells US to avoid ‘wrong moves’ over Iran oil controls

BEIJING (AP) — China has told Washington to avoid “wrong moves” that hurt Chinese interests following a U.S. threat to impose sanctions on buyers of Iranian oil.
A foreign ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, said Wednesday that Beijing opposes the Trump administration’s “unilateral sanctions and so-called long-arm jurisdiction” over Iran.
Geng said China, one of the biggest buyers of Iranian oil exports, would protect the “legitimate rights” of its co