Iran said on Saturday that it has banned U.S. military ships from entering the Persian Gulf "under any circumstances or at any time".
Claiming that no U.S. military ships would be allowed to enter the Persian Gulf, Iran's armed forces chief of staff Ali Abdollahi said Iran's armed forces have successfully contained the U.S. Navy, leaving it unable to approach waters near the Persian Gulf or Iranian territorial waters, Iranian media reported on Saturday.
He said that the U.S. military's hope of returning to the Persian Gulf is "nothing but a dream".
Abdollahi also said that the U.S., Israel and their military forces will "further sink into the swamp they have made themselves in", and that the longer the confrontation lasts, the more this will be the case.
Iran vows to bar US warships from Persian Gulf
China on Saturday expressed serious concern and firm opposition to new U.S. outbound investment restrictions, saying that it will closely follow relevant developments and reserve the right to take all necessary measures.
The statement made by a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce came in response to a media query regarding the U.S. Treasury Department's updated proposed rules on outbound investment released on Friday.
In the statement released on the ministry's official website, the spokesperson said that the proposed rule expands the scope of investment restrictions targeting China in a discriminatory manner and intensifies these constraints, which is a classic example of generalizing the concept of national security and runs counter to the important consensus reached by the two heads of state.
It also interrupts normal economic and trade cooperation between Chinese and U.S. enterprises, and undermines the international economic and trade order, the spokesperson added.
Highlighting China's enormous market and immense consumer and investment potential, the spokesperson emphasized that investing in China means investing in the future.
U.S. restrictions on investments in China not only hinder bilateral economic and trade cooperation, but also harm the interests of American enterprises themselves, the spokesperson noted.
China urges the U.S. side to respect the laws of a market economy, stop overstretching the concept of national security, stop politicizing and weaponizing trade and economic issues, and create an enabling environment for China-U.S. business cooperation, said the spokesperson.
China firmly opposes US discriminatory investment restrictions: spokesperson
