NEWS: Trump allows China to buy Iranian oil in surprise shift

By Timothy Gardner, Daphne Psaledakis and Jarrett Renshaw

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that China can continue to purchase Iranian oil after Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire, a move that the White House clarified did not indicate a relaxation of U.S. sanctions.

“China can now continue to purchase Oil from Iran. Hopefully, they will be purchasing plenty from the U.S., also,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, just days after he ordered U.S. bombings of three Iranian nuclear sites.

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