China media warn of Iran conflict after UN report

A standoff between Iran and the West over Iran's nuclear plans could erupt in military conflict, a Chinese state newspaper said on Wednesday, after the release of a U.N. report likely to increase pressure on Beijing to curb its Iranian ties.

Chinese policy-makers are caught between their demand for Iranian oil and worry that the United States and its allies will demand harsher sanctions against Iran, even risk military action, after the International Atomic Energy Agency concluded Iran appeared to have worked on designing an atomic weapon. (Reuters)