Against the background of Iran’s demand for compensation for the damage it suffered during the military confrontation with the US, President Trump published a response • According to him, he too now demands compensation from Iran for all the people and demonstrators it has killed in the last 50 years • “I have instructed my representatives to raise this demand emphatically in any future negotiations,” Trump wrote

The news in brief

  • President Trump has announced that he is demanding reparations from Iran for all the people it has killed.
  • Trump’s demand follows a similar demand by Iran following the military confrontation with the US.
  • “Reparations must be paid to the families of the hundreds of thousands of innocent protesters Iran has killed over the past 50 years,” Trump wrote.
  • The president made it clear that he instructed his representatives to raise this demand decisively in any negotiations that will take place with Iran.

President of the United States Donald Trump said this evening (Monday) that he demands reparations from Iran for all the people it has killed in recent years.

Demands reparations from Iran. US President Donald Trump, archive | Photo: AP

Trump wrote the words in a post on the Truth Social social network. “I see that the representatives of Iran are demanding compensation for the damage caused to them during the military conflict that has lasted for the last five months – although the issue was never mentioned in any of our negotiations or meetings,” the president said.

Trump added: “But it’s an interesting idea, and now I also demand reparations from Iran for all the people it has killed and seriously injured using side charges and in the context of the many conflicts it is known for, which were first led by General Soleimani. The demand also includes the families of those killed in the attack against the USS Cole, and thousands more who were killed in the battles.”

“Additionally, reparations must be paid to the families of the hundreds of thousands of innocent protesters Iran has killed over the past 50 years — not to mention the 52,000 killed in the past five months,” Trump continued. “I instructed my representatives to raise this demand emphatically in any future negotiations, and in any negotiations that take place.”

“Not to mention the 52,000 killed in the last five months.” Protests in Iran, archive | Photo: from social networks

Yesterday Trump signaled in an interview with News 12 that he is in no rush to make a decision – neither regarding an agreement with Iran nor regarding the resumption of military action against it. However, he is betting that economic pressure on Iran will take its toll. “We are lowering the profile regarding Iran,” the president said.

“We are negotiating with them very partially,” Trump added. “We are simply following what is happening in Iran – with the massive inflation there and the fact that they have no money.”

“Following what is happening in Iran.” Revolutionary Guard forces in Tehran next to the picture of Mujtaba Khamenei, archive | Photo: Majid Saeedi, Getty Images

Trump emphasized that Iran’s economic situation is bad: “They have no money to pay their soldiers. Our naval blockade is very effective.” At the same time, Trump claimed that the drop in the price of oil to about $75 per barrel helps lower fuel prices in the US, adding that “it will work out. It always works out. It’s like a game of chess.”

Just a week ago, Trump was on the verge of ordering the resumption of a large-scale military operation against Iran. Today he no longer makes new threats about the use of military force. The president also did not express anger or frustration that Iran is delaying the announcement of the agreement with Oman regarding the Strait of Hormuz, and even set new conditions for the reopening of the Strait.

By Editor