Donald Trump announces 25 per cent tariffs on countries doing business with Iran

United States President Donald Trump on Monday local time announced a sweeping trade measure targeting countries that continue to do business with Iran imposing a 25 per cent tariff on all their business dealings with the US In a post on Truth Social Trump said that the decision would be immediately in effect and that the order is final and conclusiveEffective immediately any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 2537 on any and all business being done with the United States of America This Order is final and conclusive Thank you for your attention to this matter Trump said in his postEffective immediately any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 2537 on any and all business being done with the United States of America This Order is final and conclusive Thank you for your attention to this matter PRESIDENT DONALD Jhellipmdash Commentary Trump Truth Social Posts On X TrumpTruthOnX January 12 2026US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham praised the Trump decision to impose 25 per cent tariffs saying that the US Presidents decision in isolating the Khamenei regime economically is most impressiveSharing a post on X Graham wrote Mr President your decisive leadership in isolating this regime economically through your actions today are most impressive Your promise to have the protestors back and put the regime on notice that you will not tolerate the killing has led to the largest outpouring of demonstrators against this fanatical regime since its founding Mr President I believe the Iranian regime has crossed red lines They are killing their people in large numbers and mocking your leadership It is now time to take decisive military action no boots on the ground going after those who do the killingMr President your decisive leadership in isolating this regime economically through your actions today are most impressive Your promise to have the protestorsrsquo back and put the regime on notice that you will not tolerate the killing has led to the largest outpouring ofhellip httpstcollJmWVH82Ymdash Lindsey Graham LindseyGrahamSC January 12 2026This comes as large demonstrations were reported across provinces including Azerbaijan province and the central city of Arak with crowds waving flags and chanting slogans in support of Iran Press TV reported The protests and counterdemonstrations follow days of unrest amid soaring inflation economic hardship and public anger over governanceAt least 544 people have been killed and more than 10681 individuals have been arrested and transferred to prisons according to the Human Rights News AgencyEarlier on Sunday local time Trump said that Washington may be forced to take action against Iran amid ongoing nationwide protests even as he revealed that Tehran has reached out to Washington seeking negotiationsSpeaking to reporters onboard Air Force One Trump said Iranian leaders had contacted Washington to discuss diplomatic engagementWhen asked whether Iran wanted to engage in diplomatic talks with him Trump responded affirmativelyThey do They called Iran called to negotiate yesterday The leaders of Iran called They want to negotiate I think theyre tired of being beat up by the United States Iran wants to negotiate Trump saidThe US President during the interaction further added that a meeting was in the process of being arranged but cautioned that developments on the ground inside Iran could force Washingtons hand before talks take placeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever