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US urging China and others to back Iran sanctions an attempt to ‘shift blame for own failed pressure campaign’_我的网站

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    US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks to the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on August 20 2026. Photo: VCG
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's latest remarks that Washington will impose "the toughest sanctions in history" on Iran while urging China to cooperate reflect an attempt to shift responsibility for the prolonged Iran war and the failure of US pressure tactics. By trying to drag China into the discussion, Washington is essentially resorting to the ploy of "making others take medicine for one's own illness." This amounts to the US' making excuses for its own erroneous policy toward Iran, said Chinese experts. 
China opposes illicit unilateral sanctions that lack basis in international law and UN Security Council mandate, Lin Jian, spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday in response to Bessent's remarks, calling on parties to act responsibly and stick to the political and diplomatic approach. 
"We have the blockade (on Iran), and we are going to have the toughest sanctions in history," Bessent told CNBC. Bessent said he would hold a press conference on Monday to discuss details, according to a Reuters report. 
When asked ⁠if the US could target China for doing business with Iran, Bessent said many conversations were best to have in private. "We are confident that everyone wants the Strait (of Hormuz) reopened, and for energy prices to come back down," ⁠he said, per Reuters. 
Bessent's comments on Thursday followed US President Donald Trump's threat a day earlier of "Economic Warfare" and warning of economic consequences against any country that provided "any type ‌of lifeline to Iran," according to Reuters.
The US appears to have reached an impasse with Iran, caught in a dilemma in which it can neither secure a military victory, reach a political settlement, nor easily disengage. Against this backdrop, Washington is seeking to intensify economic pressure on Tehran to force concessions, while also directing pressure toward China. At its core, this approach amounts to waging an economic cold war against Iran in an attempt to compel Tehran to alter its existing policies, Sun Degang, director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Fudan University, told the Global Times on Friday.
Amid declining domestic support for the US' current policy on Iran, Bessent sought to shift blame onto others, a clear case of buck-passing. By blaming normal trade between Iran and countries such as China and Russia for the prolonged Iran crisis and the failure of Washington's pressure campaign on Iran, the US is "asking others to take medicine for its own illness." The root cause lies in Washington's own confrontational policy toward Iran, said the expert. 
At a press conference of the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday, a Bloomberg reporter asked: "US President Donald Trump has announced plans to inflict what he calls an 'economic D-Day' on Iran, including threats against Iran's trading partners. Given that China buys a large amount of Iranian oil, does the Foreign Ministry have any comment on this approach of economic warfare that Trump is threatening and how it might affect China?"
Spokesperson Lin said that sanctions and pressure tactics are not the solution. China calls on all parties to act responsibly and remain committed to a political and diplomatic approach.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described the US move as a "diversion from America's own crisis: unprecedented debt & surging interest costs." "Doubling down on failed policies will only bring further defeat - and enmity of Iranians. US economic terrorism threatens global economy and sovereignty worldwide," Araghchi wrote on X on Thursday morning.
The US has sanctioned Iran for decades without achieving its desired results. During the maximum economic pressure campaign launched in 2018, Iran suffered a severe economic downturn, yet Washington failed to force Tehran into major concessions. A new round of tougher sanctions could further strain Iran's economy and disrupt trade with regional partners, but is unlikely to trigger an immediate collapse, Tian Wenlin, a professor at the Renmin University of China's School of International Studies, told the Global Times.
Washington also appears to be taking a dual-track approach toward China: seeking to use China's economic leverage over Tehran while threatening Chinese companies that continue normal trade with Iran, said the expert.  
Washington's shift from military options to economic pressure may signal limited de-escalation, but the broader US-Iran rivalry could settle into a prolonged, low-intensity standoff. Persistent tensions around the Strait of Hormuz would keep global energy markets under pressure, fueling inflation and weighing on global growth, said the expert. 
Oil prices rose to more than a three-week high on Thursday following those US threats of financial penalties aimed at forcing an end to a nearly six-month-old war that has stranded millions of barrels of Middle Eastern oil, according to a Reuters report on Friday. 
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二 |          巴斯家族信托由珍妮、吉姆、约翰尼、珍妮、乔伊和杰西六位兄弟姐妹组成，此次投票获得了六票中的四票，达到了启动跟售权条款的要求。交易完成后，艾格与库什纳的合计持股比例将升至约83%。这笔交易以125亿美元的估值成交，刷新了全球职业体育球队的成交价格纪录。         巴斯家族在给ESPN的声明中写道：“我们热爱湖人队和湖人球迷，并将继续支持洛杉矶；但现在是时候利用这个机会继续前行，并在我们还能做到的时候优雅地退出了”。根据NBA规定，球队最高所有权代表必须持有至少15%的股份，因此珍妮巴斯将不再满足担任这一职务的要求。         然而事情远没有这么简单，就在Shams报道后不久，珍妮巴斯的律师亚当斯特赖桑德发出信函，称珍妮并未同意出售球队，任何表明巴斯家族正在出售股份的投票“将是且已经是无效的”。湖人这个47年的巴斯时代到底以何种方式落幕，悬念还在继续。

三 |          快船这边的剧情同样一波三折。北京时间8月18日凌晨，ESPN多位名记联合报道，NBA对快船队长达11个月的调查有了新进展，联盟目前未发现有证据证明快船老板鲍尔默通过球队赞助商向科怀伦纳德输送资金以规避工资帽。         这项调查源于对伦纳德与环保公司Aspiration之间代言协议的质疑，范围后来扩展至至少另外三家与快船有业务往来的公司。

四 | 快船于7月1日同意将伦纳德交易至猛龙，换回英格拉姆、迪克以及选秀权，但这笔交易目前搁置，因为猛龙了解到他们将承担伦纳德可能面临的任何处罚风险。         就在ESPN报道发出后不久，NBA官方发言人迈克巴斯发表声明，直指该报道“包含大量且重大的不实之处”，并称“等调查结束后，这件事的明确结果将会公布”。快船官方随后也发表声明，全盘否认向伦纳德输送合同外资金的指控。

五 | 调查尚未盖棺定论，鲍尔默甚至已放话要将此事提交仲裁。         火箭这边倒是干净利落，北京时间8月18日，据HoopsHype名记Michael Scotto报道，火箭用双向合同签下了后卫肖恩佩杜拉。佩杜拉上赛季在发展联盟混音队效力，场均砍下23.6分5.1篮板6.8助攻，荣膺G联盟年度最佳新秀。值得一提的是，他曾和中国球员杨瀚森做过队友。

六 |          佩杜拉今年10月将年满24岁，身高1米85，体重88公斤，出自密西西比大学。今年8月6日，他刚被快船裁掉，短短不到两周就在火箭重新上岗。

七 | 随着佩杜拉的加入，火箭双向合同的三个名额已经满员。         一夜之间，三件大事，湖人47年的巴斯时代在争议中走向终结，快船与伦纳德的阴阳合同风波仍未尘埃落定，火箭则低调地完成了休赛期的最后一笔补强！。

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