Trump says will demand conflict compensation from Iran
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Monday he would seek conflict compensation from Iran as part of any peace negotiations, citing attacks and killings stretching back decades allegedly backed or perpetrated by Teheran.
US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he would seek conflict compensation from Iran as part of any peace negotiations, citing attacks and killings allegedly backed or perpetrated by Teheran over the past two decades. Trump's demands include damages from the current war and payments to families of Iranian protestors killed by authorities, as well as responsibility for deaths and damage caused in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Gaza.
The announcement comes as negotiations on ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz have stalled, and Trump's threats of military action against civilian infrastructure have been met with Iranian demands for the US to end its blockade of Iranian ports and lift sanctions on its oil industry.
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