🇺🇸🇮🇷🛢President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed during their meeting at the White House on Wednesday that the U.S. will increase the economic pressure on Iran, mostly when it comes to oil sales to China. My story on @axioshttps://t.co/YeKCkmhiUR
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) February 14, 2026
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to intensify the “maximum pressure policy” to force Iran to give up its nuclear program, including clamping down on the sale of Tehran’s oil to China, according to a Channel 12 news report.
At the two leaders’ meeting at the White House earlier this week, “We agreed to go full force with the maximum pressure policy against Iran, such as everything concerning the sale of Iranian oil to China,” a US official tells Channel 12.
“We are open-eyed and realistic about the Iranians. The ball is in their court. If there is no real deal, we won’t agree,” the official says.
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to intensify the “maximum pressure policy” to force Iran to give up its nuclear program, including clamping down on the sale of Tehran’s oil to China, according to a Channel 12 news report.
At the two leaders’ meeting at the White House earlier this week, “We agreed to go full force with the maximum pressure policy against Iran, such as everything concerning the sale of Iranian oil to China,” a US official tells Channel 12.
“We are open-eyed and realistic about the Iranians. The ball is in their court. If there is no real deal, we won’t agree,” the official says.