OAN Staff Addie Davis
12:48 PM – Monday, August 10, 2026
President Donald Trump announced that the United States would be requiring compensation from Iran after the Islamic Republic voiced similar demands.
The U.S. commander-in-chief asserted in a Monday Truth Social post that this condition would be included in all 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 said.
Iran’s state media reported that the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who reportedly has since been replaced, laid out a list of demands for the U.S. before the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened. The demands included a cessation of military action against Iran and its regional allies, the lifting of the U.S. Naval blockade of Iranian ports, the lifting of sanctions, and war reparations.
Trump rejected such a proposal, instead asserting that Iran should provide the U.S. with such compensation.
“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, for which they are famous, as led initially by General Soleimani, including the families of those killed on the USS Cole, and thousands of others killed in combat,” the U.S. president asserted.
He further added that the reparations should extend to Iranians affected by the crackdown of the regime.
“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,” he said. “I have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any, and all, future negotiations.”
In a subsequent post, Trump also added that Iran should be held accountable for the damage done to surrounding regions.
“Also, with respect to the Iran negotiations, Iran should be responsible for the damages and death caused to the people of Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Gaza!” he continued.
Receiving the designation in 1984, Iran remains one of only four nations that the U.S. Department of State considers a “state sponsor of terrorism.” In 2019, the State Department also designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization. Across the region, Iranian-backed terrorist groups have been responsible for widespread devastation and deaths.
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