Trump’s Iran War Sets Test for Xi and Putin’s Security Club
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world President Donald Trump ’s intensifying economic campaign against Iran is testing the limits of the security grouping Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have spent years expanding as a counterweight to US power. The Chinese and Russian presidents will gather with their Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian for the first time since the start of the US and Israeli war against the Islamic Republic at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit that starts Monday in Kyrgyzstan. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also attend along with leaders from Central Asian states, Pakistan and Belarus.