China urged the U.S. to use its "special influence" over Israel to ease the conflict with Iran and not to expand it further, after U.S. President Donald Trump put Tehran on notice with a demand of unconditional surrender on the nuclear issue.

President Trump said the U.S. knows the location of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader” is hiding,” Trump wrote on social media. “He is an easy target,

The cleric has ruled for more than three decades, spearheading a policy of backing proxy groups to wield influence across the Middle East.