President Donald Trump on Wednesday threw his support behind adding secondary tariffs on Iran's trading partners to a Russia sanctions bill advancing through the Senate, seeking to fold new economic pressure on Tehran into legislation primarily targeting Moscow.
The Senate voted 86-12 to proceed with the package, formally titled the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026. The measure proposes a 500-percent tariff on all Russian goods entering the United States and would reduce a separate tariff on the five largest buyers of Russian oil and gas from 500 percent to 100 percent. It also extends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.
Trump's push to include Iran provisions came after he threatened a "brutal beating" of Iran in response to what he described as a surprise overnight attack on U.S. assets and facilities in Jordan. The underlying sanctions bill was first introduced in April 2025 to increase pressure on Moscow over the war in Ukraine.