President Donald Trump speaks next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon arrival for meetings at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 29, 2025. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
- President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to intensify efforts to curb Iran’s oil exports to China, according to Axios.
- China buys more than 80% of Iran’s oil, making any disruption a significant blow to Tehran’s revenue.
- The move comes as U.S. and Iranian officials pursue nuclear diplomacy amid a growing U.S. military presence in the region.
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Feb 14 – President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed at a White House meeting on Wednesday that the U.S. would work to reduce Iran’s oil exports to China, Axios reported, citing two U.S. officials briefed on the issue.
“We agreed that we will go full force with maximum pressure against Iran, for example, regarding Iranian oil sales to China,” Axios reported on Saturday, quoting a senior U.S. official.
China accounts for more than 80% of Iran’s oil exports. Any reduction in that trade would mean lower oil revenue for Iran.
U.S. and Iranian diplomats held nuclear talks through Omani mediators last week in an effort to revive diplomacy, after the U.S. president positioned a naval flotilla in the region as the American military prepares for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran.
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(Reporting by Lisa Baertlein in Los Angeles; Editing by Sergio Non and Diane Craft)
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