The US administration intends to take new measures to hinder Iranian oil supplies to China. Washington hopes to extract concessions from Tehran in negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program, APA reports citing Axios.
According to his sources, US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed at a meeting at the White House on Wednesday that the US would "increase economic pressure on Iran, mainly with regard to oil sales to China."
As the publication clarifies, the American side believes that this could force Iran to "make major concessions regarding its nuclear program."