Newsinc24 Team US President Donald Trump on Monday rejected Iran’s demand for compensation over damages caused during the US-Israeli war on the country that assassinated their Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tehran should instead be held responsible for the deaths and injuries caused by its attacks, the US President has said. Iran demands $300 billions in compensation from Washington for damage caused by the US and Israeli strikes, along with the release of up to $100 billion in frozen asset.
Trump also said compensation should also cover people killed or wounded in attacks and conflicts involving Iran, including the 2000 USS Cole bombing and other incidents.“I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran, for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded,” Trump said.Trump also demanded compensation for families of protesters who, he alleged, were killed by the Iranian government over the past five decades. He also claimed that 52,000 people had been killed in the last five months. “I have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any, and all, future negotiations,” Trump said.
Trump described Iran's regime as "broke" and unable to pay its soldiers amid inflation of about 300 percent, accusing the Islamic Republic of killing "hundreds of thousands of people" over 50 years.s. This is one of several conditions Tehran has linked to a possible reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
