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Donald Trump has told Iran’s trade partners they face 25% tariffs from the US as he piles pressure on the Islamic Republic over its violent crackdown on nationwide protests. The US President announced the tariffs in a social media post on Monday (January 12) which said they would be “effective immediately”.

China, Brazil, Turkey and Russia are among the major economies which do business with Iran, though there are in excess of 100 countries trading with the Middle East country. Out of the more than 100 countries which trade with Iran, China is the biggest for exports, buying more than £10.4billion worth of products from the Islamic Republic in the year to October 2025, according to figures from Trade Data Monitor cited by the BBC.

After China, Iran’s biggest export partners are Iraq (£7.8bn), the United Arab Emirates (£5.6bn), Turkey (£5.4bn), Afghanistan (£1.86bn), Pakistan (£1.78bn), Oman (£1.34bn), India (£1.26bn), Russia (£893m) and Turkmenistan (£521m). Iran’s exports include mineral fuels, oil, iron, steel and plastic.

Mr Trump believes exacting tariffs can be a useful tool in prodding both friends and foes on the global stage to bend to his will.

The White House has yet to issue details about how the new tariffs will work and whether they will be on top of existing tariffs.

China is already subject to tariffs on its exports to the US, with it as yet unclear whether the new tariff will be imposed on top of that or not.

Beijing has been willing to strike back against Mr Trump’s tariffs in the past, including the imposition of tariffs on US goods and restrictions on exports or rare earths.

The full list of Iran’s exports by country is listed below. The list is from Trading Economics, with figures from 2022.

Iran’s total exports in that year were valued at £60.2bn ($80.9bn), according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade.