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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order threatening to impose additional tariffs on countries that continue to trade with Iran.

The order, issued on Friday, does not specify the rate that could be imposed, but uses 25% as an example. It says the tariff could apply to goods imported into the US from any nation that "directly or indirectly purchases, imports, or otherwise acquires any goods or services from Iran".

Trump has not directly commented on the order but reiterated "no nuclear weapons" for Iran when speaking from Air Force One on Friday night.

It comes as talks continue between senior US and Iranian officials in Oman, following several weeks of threats from both sides.

Trump threatened a 25% tariff of countries doing business with Iran earlier this year, in a post to Truth Social.

On 12 January, he wrote: "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."

At the time, no further detail was provided on how the tariffs would work in practice.

The White House said that this latest executive order reaffirmed the "ongoing national emergency with respect to Iran" and noted that the president may modify it of circumstances change.

It read: "The President is holding Iran accountable for its pursuit of nuclear capabilities, support for terrorism, ballistic missile development, and regional destabilisation that endanger American security, allies, and interests."

Separately, the US state department announced on Friday that it was sanctioning 15 entities "that have traded in Iranian-origin crude oil, petroleum products, or petrochemical products".

There was no immediate comment to either announcement from Iran, which is already subject to extensive sanctions imposed by the US and other Western powers over the country's nuclear programme.

Tehran insists this is entirely peaceful and has repeatedly denied accusations by the US and its allies that it is seeking to develop nuclear weapons.

Under a 2015 nuclear deal with world leaders, Iran was not permitted to enrich uranium above 3.67% purity - the level required for fuel for commercial nuclear power plants - and was not allowed to carry out any enrichment at its Fordo plant for 15 years.

However, Trump abandoned the agreement during his first term in 2018, saying it did too little to stop a pathway to a bomb, and reinstated US sanctions, which crippled the Iranian economy.

Those measures - affecting oil exports, shipping and banks - included "secondary sanctions" on countries trading with Iran.

Tehran retaliated by increasingly breaching restrictions under the deal, particularly those related to the production of enriched uranium.

Last year, the UN reimposed economic and military sanctions after the UK, France and Germany accused the country of "continued nuclear escalation" and lack of co-operation.

Despite sanctions on certain products and industries, there are still more than 100 countries that trade with Iran.

Its biggest export partner is China. In the year to October 2025, Beijing bought more than $14bn (£10.4bn) of products from Iran, according to figures from Trade Data Monitor based on official Iranian data. China is followed by Iraq, which received $10.5bn worth of goods from its neighbour.

Iran also counts the United Arab Emirates and Turkey among its largest customers. Exports from Iran to Turkey jumped substantially three main nuclear facilities.
from $4.7bn in 2024 to $7.3bn last year.

Starting in Oman on Friday, the ongoing talks are the first involving US and Iranian officials since last June, when the US bombed Iran's
The Iranian delegation was led by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, while the US was represented by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Speaking to reporters onboard Air Force One, Trump said Friday's talks were "very good", and that Iran "looks like it wants to make a deal very badly".

"If they don't make a deal, the consequences are very steep," the president said, adding that there will be another meeting early next week.

Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi, who mediated the discussions, said they had been "useful to clarify both Iranian and American thinking and identify areas for possible progress".

In a statement to X, Araghchi described the talks to date as "a good start" and said that a "positive atmosphere prevailed". He said negotiators had now returned to their respective capitals for consultation.

Rising tensions between the US and Iran have raised fears of a conflict between the countries, with Trump declaring that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should be "very worried" as recently as Wednesday.

The president has said he would be prepared to strike the Middle Eastern nation if it refused to reach a deal on its nuclear programme.

Iran insists its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful and has repeatedly denied accusations by the US and its allies that it is seeking to develop nuclear weapons.

The US has also built up a significant military presence in the region, including what Trump describes as a "massive armada" in response to Iran's violent repression of nationwide anti-government protests last month.

Human rights groups have said that many thousands of people were killed in the crackdown, but the full scale of the bloodshed remains unclear due to internet restrictions imposed by the government since 8 January.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4glgz2l83vo

Captain tariffic...


Saving the world one tariff at a time!

My guy rest… you can’t win everybody

Trump and Threats…..Double T’s. They are like Twins

President that slept with children and killed some of them. The US should not be taken as a serious country with this pedophile leading it.

Mtchew. Just impeach this useless man. Enough is enough.

Foodhole country versus shithole countries

Tarrif lord , the one u add cos inflation, u still dey tret. Wida u sef

NotOfThisWorld:
Mtchew. Just impeach this useless man. Enough is enough.

since you know better go and do it..

This Iran don see something. Upon all the sanctions and devaluation of their currency to almost nothing, US no want let them breath. How bad can they be?

Let him continue disturbing himself, countries can do without USA, even if the entire uSa turn to those even yahoo boys don face china and romania

Lols this man forgets he is on his Last tenure as president.

Patiently waiting for when them go flip Epstien page go the part of Trump

It is the necessary step to take, you can't continue to trade with a terrorist regime, president deserve a third term to really undo what satanic Obama have done to the world. Khamenei must be frustrated and chased out of iran.

My fellow Nigerians..
I urge you all to go follow up about the Jeffery Epstein Saga
For you all not to be fooled anymore
These men are all corrupt and a paedophiles.
The people they called themselves the chosen ones (Israel) are mostly corrupt n not how you people think they're
Most of them are Evils.
No Muslim names were on Epstein files..
But they're trying to make the whole world hate on Islam
Never..
Allah is Always with the oppressed..
No matter what
Please go and see for yourself
The World is run by Evil Doers

Iran finally harvesting the fruits of terrorism

What is wrong with trump..are you the owner of this world or earth

Trump is now a complete bully. Threaten countries like say them be small children, no respect at all. Must the world bow to America and what they want?

😂 tarrifs master, your bullets no dey finish 😂

Emeskhalifa:
Lols this man forgets he is on his Last tenure as president.

Patiently waiting for when them go flip Epstien page go the part of Trump

.. trump said he might tell the USA national assembly to pass a law for 3 tenures...so that he can go for a 3rd tenure

Trump seems to forget that he's a convicted felon, a disgrace among world presidents,that's why he's acting irrationally.
The day US would fall is when her allies would turn adversaries.
From everything happening, the dottard is trying to make that happen by all means possible.
He threatened to take Greenland by military force, and immediately NATO members began sending regiments of troops to Greenland for security.
France was the first aside Denmark, to dispatch troops.
Others including Germany have sent theirs.
It is said that if you want peace, be prepared for WAR.
That's the message, loud and clear, NATO sent to Madman Trump, when they sent troops to Greenland, while at the same time holding talks on the status of the island with Trump.
And now, Iran is also preparing for war, and she has vowed never to be taken by surprise again by US and her archfoe Israel, like what happened last year June.

Keep imposing your Tariffs, Americans will pay for it.

SpaceX:
It is the necessary step to take, you can't continue to trade with a terrorist regime, president deserve a third term to really undo what satanic Obama have done to the world. Khamenei must be frustrated and chased out of iran.

the problem is that Africans we don't see any other systems as good as this useless USA criminal system

They threatened every nation and stole their resources to feed their own citizens and get rich yet we keep supporting their nonsense

Gaddaffi never use any European systems of government yet Libya was like Europe but this same evil USA that never want others to grow killed gaddaffi. With the nonsense tariff of Iran for 50 years Iran is still better than Nigeria

Oga tarrif bring ur tariff to Nigeria we will not die

The orange bully strikes again

You will tariff everyone?

Who go suffer am?

Who can tell me what Wike and Trump have in common...

Hussein035:
the problem is that Africans we don't see any other systems as good as this useless USA criminal system

They threatened every nation and stole their resources to feed their own citizens and get rich yet we keep supporting their nonsense

Gaddaffi never use any European systems of government yet Libya was like Europe but this same evil USA that never want others to grow killed gaddaffi. With the nonsense tariff of Iran for 50 years Iran is still better than Nigeria

Oga tarrif bring ur tariff to Nigeria we will not die

How can you say Iran is better than Nigeria?

More than ten countries in Africa are better than Nigeria. This country is an embarrassment to nationhood. How dare you show such unbridled disrespect to Iran?!

BlocksNG:
This is just the beginning, by the time Trump is done with them, $1 will be equal to 5 billion rial.

With this the country is still better than Nigeria so oga tarrif can continue his nonsense

brain54:
Captain tariffic...


Saving the world one tariff at a time!

A very witty response. 👏

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