US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham announced on Wednesday, July 24, a legislative proposal to impose tariffs on imports from countries that purchase petroleum products from Iran.
In a post on the social media platform X, he wrote:
After many discussions with President Trump, I’m introducing legislation to impose tariffs on countries that purchase petroleum products from Iran.
It is long past time to make those that enrich this terrorist regime pay a price, and there’s no better price than tariffs on…
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) July 24, 2024
The South Carolina senator also wrote that he presented this plan after extensive discussions with Donald Trump, former President of the United States and Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
According to media reports, Senator Graham had been discussing ways to strengthen the deprivation of the Iranian regime from oil revenues with Trump for months before unveiling the Terrorism Tariff Act.
According to this report, if such a law is finally approved and implemented, these tariffs would be a barrier for the Iranian regime to export its oil to countries that have economic relations with the United States.
Lindsey Graham has said that if Donald Trump wins the election, he will once again implement the “maximum pressure” campaign on Tehran, and according to him, tariffs on countries that empower terrorism, and the leader of the Iranian regime are a good starting point.
