US snookered by China on Iran

You would think that the US could just hint at the US companies in China to protest at the Chinese government for their dealings with the Seyyeds.

The United States is also stepping up international efforts to isolate Iran over its defiant nuclear program but it is quietly concerned over China's potential oil and gas dealings with the Islamic republic, experts say.

Beijing has signed a 100-billion-dollar agreement to import 10 million tonnes of Iranian natural gas over the coming decades. In return, Chinese companies will become key stakeholders in Iran's oil fields.

But no, the Chinese have got the US by the balls, and there is nothing the US can do. Too much is made in China. The world needs to diversify away from China, that has an awful Human Rights record, and turns a blind eye to horrible regimes like the Seyyeds in Iran.