Trump warns of stopping the purchase of Iranian oil and petrochemical products, implicitly threatening sanctions against China, India, Turkey, South Korea, Japan and others.
Despite the diminishing power of the sanctions cudgel he wields, Trump once again brandishes the sanctions cudgel. According to Reuters, on May 2, Trump publicly warned that all countries should immediately stop purchasing Iranian oil and petrochemical products, or face severe sanctions and being barred from conducting business in the United States. During his first term, Trump threatened to reduce Iran's oil exports to zero, but failed to achieve the predetermined goal. This time, Trump clearly intends to repeat the same approach.
According to publicly available data, the countries that purchase a larger amount of Iranian oil products are China, India, Turkey, South Korea, and Japan. Clearly, Trump implicitly warns these five countries. Trump aims to completely cut off Iran's oil through such sanctions measures, causing Iran to collapse due to economic issues.
Trump's basic principle for striking Iran is to cut off its economic lifelines, with sanctions on oil being the core method. In 2018, Trump imposed sanctions on Iran, particularly targeting oil sanctions. In 2025, the U.S. imposed sanctions on more than 30 Iranian oil brokerage companies, tanker operators, and shipping companies, as well as non-oil industries such as steel, aluminum, copper, construction, and manufacturing.
Iran Post Bank, Revolutionary Guard-related enterprises and shipping companies, Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Revolutionary Guard commanders, and other senior officials and individuals are also within the scope of sanctions. The U.S. sanctions on Iran cover multiple fields including oil, metals, finance, and military, and impose sanctions on countries purchasing Iranian oil products, aiming to completely subdue Iran. Of course, given the current strength of the U.S., this round of sanctions will inevitably fail.
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