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title: "Iran uses barter-style trade with China to bypass sanctions"
description: "Most outlets led with the fact that Iran has started using a barter-style trade system with China to circumvent US sanctions. Business Recorder added that the arrangement involved billions of dollars’ worth of goods, including military gear, according to multiple sources. Daily Times focused on the mechanism allowing Iran to continue oil sales while avoiding parts of the global banking system, citing Iranian sources."
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# Iran uses barter-style trade with China to bypass sanctions

business · updated 10 Sep 2026, 7:25 PM PKT · 10 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the fact that Iran has started using a barter-style trade system with China to circumvent US sanctions. Business Recorder added that the arrangement involved billions of dollars’ worth of goods, including military gear, according to multiple sources. Daily Times focused on the mechanism allowing Iran to continue oil sales while avoiding parts of the global banking system, citing Iranian sources.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Dunya News** — [Iran uses barter-style trade with China to bypass US sanctions](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Business/972279-iran-uses-barterstyle-trade-with-china-to-bypass-us-sanctions) · 10 Sep 2026, 7:25 PM PKT
  > The arrangement has enabled Iran to sell oil while obtaining goods worth billions of dollars from China, including medicines, vehicles, communications equipment and military hardware
- **Daily Times** — [Iran starts barter trade with China amid US sanctions](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1550917/iran-starts-barter-trade-with-china-amid-us-sanctions/) · 10 Sep 2026, 3:18 PM PKT · 90% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Iran has started using a barter-style trade system with China to bypass US sanctions. The arrangement allows Tehran to continue selling oil while avoiding parts of the global banking system. Iranian sources said the system also helps secure billions of dollars in Chinese goods. Two senior Iranian sources and people familiar with trade described the […]
- **Business Recorder** — [How a billion-dollar sanctions dodge kept Chinese goods flowing to Iran](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40438846/how-a-billion-dollar-sanctions-dodge-kept-chinese-goods-flowing-to-iran) · 10 Sep 2026, 1:20 PM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing
  > PARIS: Iran has used a barter-like arrangement to bypass sanctions on its oil sales and buy billions of dollars’ worth of goods from China, including military gear, two senior Iranian sources and three other people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The secretive trade mechanism, in which Iranian oil is exchanged ​for credits for Chinese imports, has provided a financial lifeline for Tehran...

3 articles from 3 outlets, 10 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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