01.05.2025 23:50
U.S. President Donald Trump called for a halt to all purchases of oil and petrochemical products from Iran. Despite his call, Trump announced that countries purchasing oil or petrochemical products from Tehran would face "secondary sanctions" and would not be allowed to do business with the U.S.
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US President Donald Trump called for a halt to all purchases of oil and petrochemical products from Iran.
SANCTIONS ON COUNTRIES BUYING OIL FROM IRAN In a call made on his social media account, Trump stated, "Any country or person that purchases any amount of oil or petrochemical products from Iran will be subject to secondary sanctions immediately. They will not be allowed to do business with the United States in any way, shape, or form."
US THREATS OF ATTACKS ON IRAN AND NEW SANCTIONS The Washington administration announced yesterday that it had imposed sanctions on a total of 7 companies involved in the sale of Iranian oil, four of which are in the United Arab Emirates and one in Turkey, as part of its "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also shared a message titled "Message to Iran" on his social media account, stating, "We see your deadly support for the Houthis. We know exactly what you are doing. You know very well what the US military is capable of, and you have been warned. You will pay the price at a time and place of our choosing."
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth NEGOTIATION PROCESS BETWEEN IRAN AND THE US US President Donald Trump, who unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear agreement in 2018, sent a letter in March to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for direct nuclear negotiations with Iran and containing threats. Iran responded to the letter through Oman. Following the letter exchanges, Tehran and Washington held indirect talks first in Oman on April 12, and then in Rome and again in Oman a week apart. Both Iran and the US announced that progress had been made in the negotiations.
The parties had agreed to hold the fourth round of negotiations in Rome on May 3. Oman announced that the talks had been postponed for "logistical reasons."
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