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Trump says China can continue to buy Iranian oil

By AFP 24 June 2025, 4:36 pm Edit
US. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding the Marine One presidential helicopter and departing the White House on June 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
US. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding the Marine One presidential helicopter and departing the White House on June 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

China can continue to buy Iranian oil, US President Donald Trump says in what appeared to be relief for Tehran from sanctions Washington has previously imposed to punish the trade.

“China can now continue to purchase Oil from Iran. Hopefully, they will be purchasing plenty from the US, also,” Trump writes in a post on his Truth Social platform as he traveled to a NATO summit in The Hague.

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