Trump Declares Engagement with Iran, Announces Tariff Threat on Arms Suppliers

Trump declared the United States will work closely with Iran following what he described as a very productive regime change.

Many of the 15 points in Washington's plan had been agreed to, including no uranium enrichment and removal of deeply buried nuclear material.

Al Jazeera

Trump warned any country supplying weapons to Iran would face a 50% tariff on all goods exported to the US, with no exclusions.

Iran insisted its acceptance of the ceasefire came with conditions including control over the Strait of Hormuz and full sanctions relief.

Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan rejected Trump's tariff threat as economic terrorism.

Al-Jarida Al-Dustour

Trump claimed to have accepted Iran's plan as a workable basis for negotiations, even though the two sides remained far apart on core demands.

Trump framed the ceasefire as the culmination of a very productive regime change.

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Al-Monitor

Analysts described the campaign as a major shift from degrading military capabilities to pursuing regime change.

Congress demanded briefings on the war's legal basis as wider doubts emerged.

Global reaction was cautious as energy markets breathed a temporary sigh of relief.

Russia and China faced Trump's tariff threat as they had helped Iran build military capacity.

Al-Yawm as-Sabi'

The UN Security Council scheduled emergency consultations.