President Trump fired back Monday at Iran’s latest demand to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz — and answered Tehran’s compensation push with one of his own.
After Iranian officials signaled that the strategic waterway would not fully reopen until the United States paid for damage Iran says it suffered during the five-month conflict, Trump said the idea had given him a new condition for future negotiations.
“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.
Don’t miss the stories that matter.
Get Sean’s breaking news alerts — free, direct to your inbox.
“But it is an interesting idea because now I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran, for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their roadside bombs and many conflicts,” he added.
Trump specifically pointed to Americans killed and wounded in past conflicts tied to Iranian-backed forces and former Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, while also invoking families of victims killed in the USS Cole attack and “thousands of others killed in combat.”
The president then broadened his demand to include Iranians killed by the regime itself.
“Additionally, compensation should be paid to the families of the hundreds of thousands of innocent protestors that Iran has killed over the last 50 years, not to mention the 52,000 that have been killed in the last five months,” Trump wrote.
The president said the demand will now become part of the negotiating framework.
“I have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any, and all, future negotiations,” Trump concluded.
The move effectively turns Tehran’s own bargaining tactic back against it: if Iran wants war damages on the table, Trump says America will bring a much larger ledger.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 10, 2026
This story is developing…
Trump responds to Iran’s outlandish demands to reopen Strait of Hormuz with a new red line https://t.co/8oSv0YXipz pic.twitter.com/R9KRdX6ait
— New York Post (@nypost) August 10, 2026
![Hegseth Demands Fitness Requirements, Says 'Fat Troops' 'Not Who We Are' [WATCH]](https://teamredvictory.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Hegseth-Demands-Fitness-Requirements-Says-Fat-Troops-Not-Who-We-350x250.jpg)
