China said on Friday the new sanctions imposed by the United
States against Iran can only make the Iranian nuclear issue
complicated.
"When the international community and Iran are devoted to
resolving the Iranian nuclear issue through dialogues, it can only
make the issue complicated to impose new sanctions on Iran," said
Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao in response to a
journalist's question.
The United States announced on Thursday that it is imposing new
sanctions on Iran on the charges that Tehran supports terrorism in
the Middle East, exports missiles and is engaged in a nuclear
buildup.
The sanctions are believed to be the toughest Washington has
levied against Iran since the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in
Tehran.
(Xinhua News Agency October 26, 2007)