Trump demands Iran compensate Americans and protesters after Tehran seeks war reparations
President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Iran compensate Americans killed or seriously wounded in attacks he blamed on Tehran, while also calling for payments to the families of Iranian protesters killed by the regime.The president also said he had instructed his representatives to raise his compensation demands in any future negotiations with Iran.Trump’s remarks came after senior Iranian officials demanded compensation from Washington as part of Tehran’s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz."I see that Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran are asking for compensation for the damage done to them during the last five month Military Conflict (started because, THEY WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON), even though it was never mentioned in any of our negotiations or meetings!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.TRUMP SAYS IRAN WILL PAY — WHAT IT TAKES TO END THE WAR REMAINS UNCLEARTehran is demanding that the U.S.end its blockade of Iranian ports, lift economic sanctions, release frozen Iranian assets and pay compensation for war damage.
(Hamed Malekpour / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)Trump also called Iran’s request for compensation "an interesting idea" before saying he was also demanding compensation from Iran, "for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their roadside bombs and many conflicts, for which they are famous, as led initially by General Soleimani, including the families of those killed on the USS Cole, and thousands of others killed in combat.""Additionally, compensation should be paid to the families of the hundreds of thousands of innocent protestors that Iran has killed over the last 50 years, not to mention the 52,000 that have been killed in the last five months," he wrote."I have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any and all future negotiations," Trump wrote.TRADE VESSEL STRUCK BY PROJECTILE IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ AMID US-IRAN TALKSIRGC Commander Qassem Soleimani meets w...