US President Donald Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping that direct or indirect assistance to Iran, including intelligence, components and military equipment, was unacceptable, US Ambassador to China David Perdue said Friday.
“President Trump made that very clear again yesterday,” Perdue told CNBC, referring to Thursday’s White House talks. He said Washington had repeatedly raised the issue in recent weeks and was treating it separately from US commitments to Taiwan.
Asked how Xi responded, Perdue pointed to earlier agreements between the leaders that Iran should never obtain a nuclear weapon, that the Strait of Hormuz should reopen and that no country should impose tolls on passage through it.
Perdue also said Washington had seen evidence that Beijing had responded to its warnings. “They pulled some things down,” he said, without identifying what activities had been curtailed or providing supporting details.
Asked specifically whether China had helped Iran keep Hormuz closed, Perdue said: “There’s been indirect support, we think, but there’s no direct evidence.” He added that Washington remained concerned and had conveyed that to Beijing.
The questions followed a Wall Street Journal investigation reporting that Chinese suppliers sent around 1,300 shipments of dual-use components to Iran’s defense ministry in the first half of 2026, helping sustain its drone and missile programs.
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