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Trump demands Iran compensate Americans and protesters after Tehran seeks war reparations
Fox ^ | By Emma Bussey

Posted on 08/10/2026 4:02:13 PM PDT by NoLibZone

The president said he ordered the demands raised in any future negotiations after Tehran sought its own compensation

President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Iran compensate Americans killed or seriously wounded in attacks he blamed on Tehran, while also calling for payments to the families of Iranian protesters killed by the regime.

The president also said he had instructed his representatives to raise his compensation demands in any future negotiations with Iran.

Trump’s remarks came after senior Iranian officials demanded compensation from Washington as part of Tehran’s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

"I 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!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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TOPICS: Iran; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: armchairgenerals; compensation; iran

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I fear ultimatum 4987 may occur soon.
1 posted on 08/10/2026 4:02:13 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone

The US should say if to the Iranian regime, “are you going to compensate the families of the 40,000 Iranian citizens that you killed?”


2 posted on 08/10/2026 4:05:26 PM PDT by LibFreeUSA (how )
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To: NoLibZone

Here we go..........


3 posted on 08/10/2026 4:09:10 PM PDT by Bobalu (The Guns Of August - New moon---> Aug 12, 2026 just sayin')
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To: NoLibZone

They want nukes. Drop a couple on them. Walkers are walkers. They can take a hit.


4 posted on 08/10/2026 4:09:16 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Gen Zers are the same mental midgets who ate Tide pods as toddlers.)
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To: All

Iran really doesn’t want anything with these demands. Just to waste time (and to look tough to their own citizens).


5 posted on 08/10/2026 4:12:16 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: NoLibZone

Iran is not going to willingly agree to give up their money or their weapons. Those things have to be taken from them by force.

What started out as a well-intentioned mission in the spring has disintegrated into grade school theatrics. Trump doesn’t really have to say much as he commands the most powerful military in the world. Tuco said it best.


6 posted on 08/10/2026 4:13:40 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: NoLibZone

Rather than finding points of agreement to work towards a settlement, both sides are diverging, thinking up new things to argue about. This conflict will drag on in on-again/off-again fashion for a long time. The US doesn’t want to admit failure but won’t do what it takes to win, and the Iranian regime is confident they have weathered the worst and can now outlast their adversaries.


7 posted on 08/10/2026 4:15:29 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: NoLibZone

In many ways this has degraded into a farce. And who is responsible for that?
Well, your mileage may vary.

One thing I know for sure is this mess has made many of my swing voter friends wobbly. Throw insults at them as might be appropriate.

But each of them has the same number of votes of the most MAGA guy on the planet.


8 posted on 08/10/2026 4:15:57 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: EnderWiggin1970

What chapter in “The Art of the Deal” is this result in?


9 posted on 08/10/2026 4:16:49 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Reily

The art of the deal is a process, sometimes a process takes time and requires patience.


10 posted on 08/10/2026 4:25:49 PM PDT by Raycpa
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Tehran seeks war reparations

Some called it on another thread.

11 posted on 08/10/2026 4:27:07 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: NoLibZone
"I 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!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

By mid-April 2026, Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani publicly stated that war reparations/compensation for damages was one of the key issues in negotiations with the US (including the Islamabad talks). She referenced a preliminary damage estimate of around $270 billion and noted that more precise assessments (buildings, revenue losses, industrial impacts) were underway.

In May 2026, Iranian state media and reports described Tehran’s peace proposal as including reparations for destruction caused by the US-Israeli campaign, alongside US troop withdrawal from areas near Iran and other terms.

This carried into the June 2026 Islamabad MoU (a 14-point framework for a ceasefire, reopening Hormuz, sanctions relief pathways, frozen-asset release, and further talks). Iranian officials repeatedly described compensation/reparations for war damage as part of the understanding or related reconstruction provisions (a US-linked plan for at least $300 billion in reconstruction/economic development was included; sources indicated Iran had sought higher direct compensation figures). Iranian statements after the MoU (e.g., mid-June) confirmed a clause or commitment on war-damage reparations alongside frozen-asset release.

In early August 2026 (around August 8–9), as Iran-Oman talks advanced on shipping arrangements, Iranian officials (including Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi) explicitly listed compensation/reparations for war damage (plus ending the naval blockade, sanctions relief, frozen-asset release, US force withdrawals, and protections for regional allies) as conditions for fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

12 posted on 08/10/2026 4:31:01 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: NoLibZone

Go get ‘em Donny Boy. That’ll show ‘em.

5 will get you ten that the Insanians are financing the communist democrats.


13 posted on 08/10/2026 4:32:17 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: NoLibZone

So this is what Trump’s War has devolved to.

A series of back and forth useless demands between Tehran and Washington.


14 posted on 08/10/2026 4:33:29 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (TDS: Trump Deification Syndrome)
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To: NoLibZone

I’m sure we could arrange some sort of payment, I wonder if they would accept a Plutonium Card?

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15 posted on 08/10/2026 4:33:53 PM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Raycpa

There is TDS and then there is DTS.


16 posted on 08/10/2026 4:34:35 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: EnderWiggin1970

Sounds like a marriage. Maybe they should get a room.


17 posted on 08/10/2026 4:35:29 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: Leaning Right

The Insanians have learned that they can hold the whole world hostage with very mild actions and threats in the Straits. Really does not take much. Their leverage for so little exceeds their wildest dreams. They can just about stop tankers with a ZiP Gun. This is now just a game to them but very expensive for the rest of us.

If you are negotiating and go at it like a madman with nothing to lose you will likely win. It is like a Mexican Standoff with hand grenades and only one is crazy enough to just pull the pin and let ‘er rip. You don’t want to try negotiating with that guy.


18 posted on 08/10/2026 4:39:30 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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Stop Mr President! It’s too much winning! I haven’t even spent my $5,000 DOGE dividend and Tariff checks yet!


19 posted on 08/10/2026 4:40:42 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: NoLibZone

The Democrats would be happy to pay the Iranian terrorists again.


20 posted on 08/10/2026 4:46:05 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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