U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters, arsenic helium attends a gathering with lipid manufacture executives, astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 9, 2026.
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President Donald Trump connected Monday said immoderate state doing concern with Iran volition look a 25% tariff "on immoderate and each concern being done with the United States of America."
That caller tariff connected imports from Iran's trading partners is "effective immediately," Trump said successful a Truth Social post.
"This Order is last and conclusive. Thank you for your attraction to this matter!" helium wrote.
Further details astir the tariff announcement were not instantly clear. A White House authoritative declined to reply CNBC's questions astir the president's societal media post.
The evident effort by Trump to economically isolate Iran comes arsenic the oil-rich Middle Eastern state struggles to suppress an ongoing swell of monolithic anti-government protests.
Dozens of those protesters person reportedly been killed successful caller weeks; Trump has threatened to instrumentality subject enactment against Iran if those killings continue.
The president has besides explicitly encouraged the demonstrations against the Iranian regime. "Iran is looking astatine FREEDOM, possibly similar ne'er before. The USA stands acceptable to help!!!" helium wrote connected societal media connected Saturday.
The announcement of caller tariffs connected Iran's concern partners besides comes up of a much-anticipated Supreme Court ruling connected whether galore of Trump's astir expansive tariffs are legal.
Those tariffs — including his arguable "reciprocal" duties from aboriginal April and others related to purported fentanyl trafficking — were invoked utilizing the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, oregon IEEPA.
It was unclear if Trump's recently unveiled Iran-related tariffs besides remainder connected that law.
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