Pompeo Calls for China Oil Ban Before Xi Visit
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is urging the Trump administration to cut off China's imports of Iranian oil before Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington.
Pompeo argues that halting these transactions is crucial to bankrupting the Iranian regime and securing an American victory in the Middle East.
According to Pompeo, China buys up to 500,000 barrels of Iranian crude daily, paying the regime directly in its own currency. This economic lifeline must be severed, he stresses, to starve the Iranian economy and prevent the regime from funding its soldiers and buying munitions.
Pompeo notes that this intense economic blockade, combined with recent military operations by President Donald Trump, fundamentally changes the psychology of Iran's leadership.