Trump and Hegseth Threaten Iran

President Donald Trump recently threatened with secondary sanctions any country that buys Iranian oil. It just so happens China buys 90 percent of it. The threat came after planned nuclear negotiation talks with Iran were canceled, and a day before Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued his own warning.

The United States has been talking through a mediator with Iran as part of attempts to reach a diplomatic solution to the nuclear buildup problem. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran is coming dangerously close to uranium enrichment capable of building nuclear weapons, which makes the Western world, and Israel especially, nervous.

Further talks between the two nations were scheduled for Saturday in Rome, but were canceled Thursday. Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi announced in an X post, “For logistical reasons we are rescheduling the US Iran meeting provisionally planned for Saturday May 3rd. New dates will be announced when mutually agreed.”