“We agreed that we will go full drive with most stress in opposition to Iran, for instance, concerning Iranian oil gross sales to China,” Axios reported, quoting a senior U.S. official.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed at a White Home assembly on Wednesday (February 11, 2026) that the U.S. would work to cut back Iran’s oil exports to China, Axios reported, citing two U.S. officers briefed on the problem.
“We agreed that we will go full drive with most stress in opposition to Iran, for instance, concerning Iranian oil gross sales to China,” Axios reported on Saturday (February 14, 2026), quoting a senior U.S. official.
China accounts for greater than 80% of Iran’s oil exports. Any discount in that commerce would imply decrease oil income for Iran.
U.S. and Iranian diplomats held nuclear talks via Omani mediators final week in an effort to revive diplomacy, after the U.S. President positioned a naval flotilla within the area because the American navy prepares for the potential of sustained, weeks-long operations in opposition to Iran.
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