# Iran’s Araghchi briefs China ahead of Xi-Trump meeting in Washington

https://mins.news/en/video/60751

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-16 10:20 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue7T3UslcZ8

> Abbas Araghchi is in Beijing to meet his Chinese counterpart while Tehran confronts intensifying military and economic pressure from Washington alongside UN sanctions. The trip, his second to China since the US-Israel war on Iran began in February, precedes Xi Jinping’s planned Washington meeting with Donald Trump by a week.

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