Donald Trump says Iran reparations must be part of "any, and all, future negotiations"

On August 10, President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that Iran should pay reparations for American troops killed or wounded by Iranian roadside bombs and other clashes over the past five decades, as well as for Iranian civilians killed during unrest, including what he called 52,000 deaths in the last five months. His demand followed Iranian requests for compensation from the recent military conflict involving the United States and Israel. Trump also said Tehran should answer for harm to people in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Gaza. He said he had instructed his negotiators to make the reparations issue a required element of every future discussion with Iran. Rights groups have recorded more than 6,000 deaths in Iran’s post-January crackdown, with some estimates far higher.