Trump asks Iran for war reparations in new tit-for-tat demand

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would seek compensation from Iran for the deaths of US soldiers as part of any peace negotiations in a tit-for-tat demand after Tehran requested war reparations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. 

ā€œI 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!ā€ Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran," he added.

Trump said he wanted reparations not only from damages arising from the current war, but also attacks Iran is widely believed to have facilitated through allied militias on US soldiers going back more than two decades after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.

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During an event in the Oval Office of the White House, US President Donald Trump takes a question from reporters after he signed an executive order calling for childhood vaccine shots to be spaced out into separate visits, on 10 August 2026 in Washington, DC (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP)

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