As Iran Drags Feet on Nuke Talks, Trump Signs Order Threatening Tariffs on Regime’s Trading Partners
Order expected to hit China, Russia, and India.
With Iran dragging out the talks underway in the Gulf Arab state of Oman, President Donald Trump signed an executive order setting up a mechanism to impose a 25 percent tariff on countries that do business with the regime
“The Order imposes a system that allows the United States to impose additional tariffs on imports from any country that directly or indirectly purchases, imports, or otherwise acquires any goods or services from Iran,” The White House said in a communique on Friday.
President Donald J. Trump signs an Executive Order confronting the Iranian regime, establishing a process to impose tariffs on countries that continue purchasing goods or services from Iran.
Protecting America’s national security, foreign policy, and economy. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/cfH1QMBZZX
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 6, 2026
President Trump signed the executive orders hours after a U.S. delegation, led by Steve Witkoff, held two rounds of inconclusive talks with the Iranian regime negotiators in the Gulf Arab state of Oman.
Despite the Trump White House raising concerns over Iran’s ballistic missile program, the regime is rapidly rebuilding its long-range strike capabilities destroyed by Israel in the 12-Day War last summer. “Iran’s missile programme was “never negotiable” in talks, the country’s foreign minister said on Saturday,” The New York Times reported.
Order expected to hit China, Russia, and India
The executive order is expected to hit the usual suspects, such as China, Russia, and India, Bloomberg noted. “Despite sanctions on certain products and industries, there are still more than 100 countries that trade with Iran,” the BBC reported Saturday. “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.”
Germany, weaning itself off Russian energy imports, is also likely to get caught in its crosshairs. The new “measures would hit trade with China — Iran’s largest trading partner and the biggest buyer of Iranian oil — along with Russia, Germany, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.” German state TV Deutsche Welle reported.
Bravo, President Trump! Now, it’s time to raise tariffs on China for taking almost all of Iran’s exports of crude. https://t.co/bniXzLyzYP
— Gordon G. Chang (@GordonGChang) February 7, 2026
The Trump administration appears to have no illusion about the true nature of this regime. The White House statement identified the Mullah regime as “the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism” that supports proxy terrorist groups and militias across the Middle East, including those who have killed and wounded Americans and are actively targeting U.S. forces, regional partners, and allies.”
The administration also wants an end to the killing of Iranians protesting against the regime. Recent estimates indicate that the regime forces may have massacred more than 30,000 people to quell the protests that began nearly 6 weeks ago.
The White House noted that the “regime brutally represses its own people, killing thousands of protesters, denying human rights, and using violence to maintain power, while spreading extremism and undermining U.S. efforts for peace and stability.”
Iran threatens to attack U.S. bases if regime targets struck
With President Trump giving diplomacy a chance, the top Iranian negotiator and Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, has threatened to attack nearby U.S. military bases if Washington orders a strike on regime targets.
“Iran has warned it will target American bases in the Middle East if it is attacked by the United States,” The Telegraph (UK) reported. “There is no possibility of attacking American soil if Washington attacks us, but we will attack their bases in the region,” Mr Araghchi told Al Jazeera on Saturday.”
The Iranian foreign minister made those thuggish remarks as a U.S. carrier strike group is operating in the Arabian Sea. Last week, a U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was heading towards the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. “The Shahed-139 drone was shot down by an F-35C fighter jet from the Lincoln, which was sailing about 500 miles … from Iran’s southern coast,” The Associated Press reported Wednesday.
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Thousands upon thousands are dying, he encouraged them to keep protesting….
Trump didn’t start this , but there has to be major change for these people
As always the Muslim fanatics in charge are drawing this out and Trump is appearing to not be stepping up
Clearly I don’t know what’s happening in the back room but seeing his son in law there negotiating with the terrorists kind made me feel like this may not have a good out come
The supreme leader and his side kick thugs have to go.
You can’t negotiate with a people who WANT to die to be with Allah.
Theyre wacked out and will never change. There’s only one way to stop them for good, and it would set the world against us.
You have to differentiate between the Iranian regime and its supporters, and, the Iranian dissidents. It’s not fair or accurate to paint all of the Iranian people as being alleged jihadists. Look at the bravery of the dissidents, and, the numbers of dissidents who’ve been killed. Many of them are non-devout or secular, and reject Iranian Islamofascism.
I concur. Bad wording on my part.
You did a better job of what I SHOULD had said.
No worries; I get the point you were making.
More delay.
Meh, putting tariff on Iran’s trading partners in turn pushes those partners to try and get Iran leadership to climb down off the ledge. It serves to build up the basis for eventual military action by pursuing other options before using a military strike.
It’s been a long time since ’79. It’s been roughly a decade and half since Iran was making serious efforts and committing very substantial resources to killing US Personnel in Iraq in 05-09 bringing not only equipment but trainers and fighters over the border. A few weeks delay to build a better case for action among regional powers, the namby pamby EU Nations and to remove some items from the usual laundry list of complaints of our domestic Iran apologists isn’t gonna impact the eventual strikes.
I just have the sense we’re drawing more lines in the sand. Meanwhile not only is Iran rebuilding but so are its proxies. What it comes down to is the question is Iran a clear and present danger to the US. If the answer is yes set a deadline and keep. If no, then we can afford to attend negotiations that will never go anywhere. Meanwhile we should let Israel do what Israel needs to do when they need to do it. They security concerns are not ours although there is some overlap.
Send in Mossad
The sessions of “talks” last year with Iran gave no results. Stall, stall…
Unfortunately for Iran, it ignored Trump’s previous deadline for results.
I’m not even sure why, besides his massive ego, Trump is even bothering to negotiate with the Iranian regime. This is the the exact nonsense they pull every time the Supreme Ayatollah and the theocratic regime paint themselves into a political corner they cannot get out of. Then all of a sudden they have this overwhelming desire to negotiate with those they consider their enemy. And every time the Western world falls for it. Every freaking time. How did Obama’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action work out. It didn’t. And Biden just ignored the problem with Iran and let them do as they pleased. And now Trump thinks that further negotiations are going to be productive and solve the problem that is Iran. Insane! Total lunacy. Time for the Western world to say, “Enough is enough.” and deal with Iran in a manner that ensures that they will no longer be a problem. But of course, that won’t happen as the lessons the Western world needs to learn about Iran haven’t been learned yet. And there we go and here we are.
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