China on Saturday launched its first full-stack green AI computing platform in Hohhot, a city in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, aiming to expand regional computing services and lower costs for businesses adopting artificial intelligence.
The platform integrates functions such as computing power scheduling, model access and token trading and provides end-to-end services for governments, research institutes and enterprises.
The platform is also compatible with domestically produced chips and mainstream computing architectures, and the first batch connects more than 10 leading models from China's three major telecom operators and top technology firms.
Depending on user demand, the platform can pool diverse resources across national access nodes, including general computing, intelligent computing and supercomputing. Smart scheduling algorithms enable flexible allocation, efficient dispatch and economical supply of computing power, while offering token trading services that are convenient, low-carbon and cost-effective.
Tokens, the basic unit of AI interaction and computation, can be called on demand, reducing expenses for users.
China launches first full‑stack green AI computing platform
Iran on Friday condemned a new U.S. sanctions campaign as "state terrorism" and said pressure tactics must end for diplomacy to resume, while a senior Iranian security official vowed to retaliate against any further economic escalation.
Iran's Foreign Ministry said the sanctions amounted to a new round of "economic terrorism," accusing the United States of exploiting its influence over the dollar-based financial system to pressure other countries into adopting its policies toward Iran.
The ministry said the measures violated the sovereignty of other states and the rights of all United Nations member states, and described them as a serious breach of the UN Charter.
The statement came as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Tehran.
Araghchi described the talks as constructive and said diplomacy could return to the right track if the United States recognized that pressure would not work. It must build trust, engage respectfully, recognize Iran's rights and meet its obligations, he said.
Separately, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said in an interview aired on Lebanon's Al-Manar television that the U.S. shift toward economic pressure showed that its military strikes against Iran had not achieved their intended results.
Rezaei said Iran did not seek war but would respond decisively if hostilities resumed. He said Iran was preparing for a new phase of confrontation and that any future conflict would differ from previous ones.
He said any agreement between Iran and the United States would need to form part of a wider regional settlement, including a ceasefire across the Middle East, an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory and an end to the war in Gaza.
Iran would take countermeasures against any further escalation of U.S. sanctions and target U.S. economic interests in the region, Rezaei said.
Iran condemns US sanctions, urges return to diplomacy
