Trump Says China Agreed Not to Arm Iran, Amid Reports of Help

China pauses its U.S.-targeted curbs on gallium and germanium until 2026, reopening key chip-metal exports after the Xi–Trump thaw.
A screen shows news coverage of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping in South Korea, outside a shopping mall in Beijing on October 30, 2025. China pauses its U.S.-targeted curbs on gallium and germanium until 2026, reopening key chip-metal exports after the Xi–Trump thaw. (Photo: ADEK BERRY / AFP)

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed not to send weapons to Iran after he personally asked Beijing to hold back, inserting China more directly into the diplomacy around the Iran conflict.

In an interview aired on Fox Business, Trump said he wrote to Xi requesting that China not provide arms to Tehran and that Xi responded by denying any such transfers.

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