Trump, Netanyahu agreed U.S. should press Iran to cut oil sales to China: Reports

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime ​Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed ‌at a White House meeting ​on Wednesday (February 11, 2026) that ⁠the U.S. would work to reduce Iran’s oil exports to ‌China, Axios reported, citing two U.S. ‌officials briefed on the ‌issue.

“We ⁠agreed that we ⁠will go full force with maximum pressure against Iran, for example, ​regarding Iranian ‌oil sales to China,” Axios reported on Saturday (February 14, 2026), quoting a senior U.S. official.

China ‌accounts for more than ​80% of Iran’s oil exports. Any reduction ⁠in that trade would mean lower oil revenue ‌for Iran.

U.S. and Iranian diplomats held nuclear talks through Omani mediators last week in an effort to revive ‌diplomacy, after the U.S. President positioned ​a naval flotilla in the region ⁠as the American military prepares for ⁠the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against ‌Iran.