President Donald Trump issued a new ultimatum for ending the Iran war as peace talks appear to have broken down.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary demanded compensation for war damages and an end to U.S. sanctions as a condition for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump fired off a Truth Social post making the same demand to end the war he launched on Feb. 28.
“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 posted Monday afternoon.
Trump called for Iran to provide compensation for a wide-ranging list of alleged misdeeds.
“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,” Trump posted. “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.”
“I have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any, and all, future negotiations,” he added.
Trump claimed over the weekend that the U.S. was only “semi-negotiating” with Iran and indicated that he would allow economic pressure to build on Tehran as leverage to end the war.
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