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Trump says he takes Xi and Putin at their word that they are not arming Iran

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Washington, D.C., United States

Trump wrote on Truth Social that Xi Jinping told him in Beijing in May that China would not 'under any circumstances' supply weapons to Iran and that Vladimir Putin said the same, adding, 'I take him at his word.' Later on Friday he said, 'I trust them,' though Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said China and Russia are 'enabling what Iran is doing' at different levels.

Why it matters

CBS has reported U.S. assessments that Russia gave Iran intelligence on U.S. positions and that China supplied satellite imagery; a day later Ukraine's president said Russia was helping Iran target U.S. bases.

Sources (4)

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Correction

  • Corrected the headline (it read "Trump says he does not believe China or Russia are supplying Iran weapons"); revised the summary; revised the context note; corrected the location from Washington, D.C. to Washington, D.C., United States; changed the confidence label from reported to official; reclassified it from diplomacy to political; updated the sourcing note; added 2 sources: CBS News. Why and evidence