Trump says Iran must pay compensation for those it has killed and wounded

Trump says Iran must pay compensation for those it has killed and wounded

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US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will demand that Iran pay compensation for “all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded”, in response to Iran seeking compensation for the damages it has incurred from US and Israeli attacks.

Trump’s social media post came after Iran said over the weekend it was nearing a deal with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz, but repeated that the US must meet conditions including compensation and an end to sanctions and military threats, before the strategic waterway is reopened.

“It is an interesting idea because now I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran, for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their roadside bombs and many conflicts,” he wrote on Truth Social.

Regional Impact

Trump also referenced and claimed compensation from Iran for the October 2000 deadly bombing of the US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Cole at a Yemeni port. The FBI has attributed that bombing, which killed 17 sailors and wounded more than three dozen others, to al-Qaeda.

Trump added that Tehran should also pay compensation to the families of the thousands of people killed during anti-government protests in January, Iran’s worst domestic unrest since the era of its 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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