Trump warns of economic consequences for any country supporting Iran
United States (US) President Donald Trump has warned of economic consequences against any country that provides “any type of lifeline to Iran” as the US looks to resolve the war it began alongside Israel nearly six months ago.
China buys more than 80% of Iran’s shipped oil, 2025 data from analytics firm Kpler shows, but the US risks retaliation should it engage in further economic warfare with China, a major exporter of items such as vital rare earth minerals to the US “Sanctions and pressure will not solve the problem,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters at a regular press briefing.
Trump wants to seize Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium and is seeking a new, more restrictive agreement curbing its nuclear energy and research programmes, to replace one from which he unilaterally withdrew the US in 2018.
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