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After agreeing to a two-week ceasefire, the U.S. president is once again using tariffs as a tool to try to impose his terms in the Middle East conflict.

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, threatened to impose 50% tariffs on any country supplying weapons to Iran. The move comes within the framework of the ceasefire he announced Tuesday night, when he suspended U.S. attacks on the country for two weeks.

“Any country that supplies military weapons to Iran will be immediately subject to a 50% tariff on any and all goods sold to the United States of America, effective immediately. There will be no exclusions or exemptions!” Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.

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“The United States will work closely with Iran, a country which, as we have observed, has undergone a very productive regime change. There will be no uranium enrichment, and the United States, in cooperation with Iran, will excavate and remove all deeply buried nuclear remnants (from B-2 bombers),” Trump said.

He added: “These remnants are, and have been, under strict satellite surveillance (Space Force). Nothing has been touched since the strike. We are, and will continue, negotiating with Iran on reducing tariffs and sanctions. Many of the 15 points have already been agreed.”

Following the postponement of the ultimatum, the Israeli military said Iran had launched missiles toward its territory. The armed forces stated that they had “identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel” and that defense systems were being activated to intercept the threat.