Israel Urges China to Pressure Iran to Rein In Nuclear Ambitions

Destruction at Evin Prison after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike earlier in Tehran, Iran, on July 1.Photographer: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Israel urged China to use its economic and political sway to rein in Iran’s military and nuclear ambitions.

“China is the only one capable of influencing Iran,” Ravit Baer, Israel’s consul general in Shanghai, told reporters on Tuesday in the city. “Iran would collapse if China didn’t buy its oil.”