Asia is home to Iran’s biggest trade partners and oil importers, potentially making its companies the most exposed if the US reimposes sanctions on the Islamic Republic after Donald Trump’s withdrawal from a landmark nuclear deal with the country.
伊朗主要的贸易伙伴国和石油进口国都在亚洲，在美国总统唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)宣布退出具有里程碑意义的伊朗核协议后，倘若美国对伊朗重新实施制裁，有关亚洲企业可能是受影响最大的。
But while some companies in the region have already stopped, or plan to stop, trade with Iran, leading partners — notably China — are likely to continue doing business there, say analysts.
但分析师表示，尽管该地区的一些公司已经停止或计划停止与伊朗的贸易，主要贸易伙伴国——尤其是中国——可能会继续与伊朗之间开展业务。
Individual countries would not be forced to comply with any new US sanctions imposed after Mr Trump withdrew from the landmark deal — signed in 2015 by Iran, the US, UK, France, Germany, Russia and China and which gave Iran relief from some international sanctions in return for limits on its nuclear programme. But the US could potentially retaliate against companies that maintain business links with Iran.
任何国家都不会被迫遵守美国在退出伊核协议后对伊朗新实施的制裁，但美国可能会报复那些与伊朗保持商业关系的公司。伊朗核协议是2015年由伊朗、美国、英国、法国、德国、俄罗斯和中国签署的一项里程碑式协议，旨在通过解除部分国际制裁，以换取伊朗限制其核计划。
China is Iran’s third-biggest source of imports — mostly telecoms equipment and cars — and its biggest export destination, according to EU figures, accounting for 27.5 per cent of the Islamic Republic’s exports by value.
中国是伊朗的第三大进口来源国——伊朗主要从中国进口电信设备和汽车；根据欧盟数据，中国也是伊朗最大的出口目的地，占伊朗出口总额的27.5%。