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United States President Donald Trump has said that countries that engage in trade with Iran will face a 25 percent tariff on any business done with the US.

Trump announced the decision in a social media post on Monday, stating that it was “final and conclusive”, but offering few additional details.

“Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America,” Trump said in a post on his website, Truth Social.

It is not clear which countries might be affected, but major economies such as Russia, China, Brazil and Turkiye all trade with Iran, which has been roiled by widespread antigovernment protests and riots over the past week.

Iraq and the United Arab Emirates are also important trading partners, according to the database Trading Economics.

In recent weeks, Trump has ratcheted up pressure on Tehran and threatened further military strikes on the country, should it fail to abide by US demands to wind down its nuclear and military programmes.

“Now, I hear that Iran is trying to build up again, and if they are, we’re going to have to knock them down,” Trump told reporters in December. “We’ll knock them down. We’ll knock the hell out of them. But, hopefully, that’s not happening.”

In June, the US bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities as part of a 12-day war initiated by Israel. US strikes on Iran likely constitute a violation of international law, according to legal experts.

“Air strikes would be one of the many, many options that are on the table,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday, adding that Trump remains interested in diplomacy, if possible.

Trump has also criticised Iran’s harsh crackdown on antigovernment protesters and warned that any violence could also lead to a US strike.

In a January 2 post on Truth Social, the US president indicated he would consider taking military action should protesters be killed.

“If Iran shots [sic] and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” he wrote.

The threat came one day before the US launched a military attack in Venezuela, which resulted in the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

Still, human rights groups have warned that hundreds of people have been killed in Iran, but an internet blackout in the country has restricted the flow of information.

owobokiri:
He seem to think that with his tariff hikes, he can bamboozle the whole world to hate his enemies and love his friends. It doesn't work that way...
Dude is wallowing in hubris..

In any event, how PLENTY countries export to the USA from the developing world? They basically buy from China, Japan and Europe. Mostly NATO members who are already observing sanctions against Iran. Do what's the fuss all about

Countries like Nigeria shouldn't have to worry if not for our rudderless politics and empty headed leaders. Why? Africa has been in some sort of indirect sanctions from the US for eons. For a very long time they uave used allnsorts of nebulous arguments around "quality" to barnish African imports to the US.

They will rather shift their production facilities to their arch rival NOTHING than to say Kenya. Thats how they basically buikt up their arch ideological enemy. They only buy basic essential raw materials here. And most times they steal them... We export zilch to that white supremacist enclave. So they can upgrade their tariffs..

princeade86:
Trump is overdoing things.

tesseract:
Meanwhile their president has ran away to hide in Russia and his country is burning.

89green:
This is why you should have nuclear weapons and sensible allies, the US is afraid to attack Iran cos they know the consequences, he's bringing in the tariff game, no one cares

DeltaBachelor:
Hmmmm. E don set o. They want to cripple Iran economically

lonelydora:
I don't even understand what Iranians want.

Iranians are predominantly muslims, so why are they against sharia? Its like saying i am a christian but i am fighting for holy communion to be banned.

Iran was like Europe during the reign of the Shah. It was the same Iranian people that removed the shah, replaced him with Ayatollah Khameni and demanded sharia law.

So why don't they want those rules now?

Arrowhead71:
Only 5% is Muslims in Iran
Iran was never a Muslim Nation....Ayatollah imposed sharia rules and declared it Islamic Republic

lonelydora:
I'm not sure you know what you are saying oo. US will attack Iran if they misbehave and nothing will happen.

Why is Iran wanting to negotiate

89green:
But according to Trump, they have been misbehaving na, gimme another point