US president’s statement is latest sign that negotations to end war and reopen strait of Hormuz have stalled

Donald Trump has said he will demand that Iran pay compensation for the deaths of thousands of US soldiers and Iran’s own civilians killed in recent decades in the latest sign his negotiations to end the war and reopen the strait of Hormuz have reached an impasse.

The US president is trying to end conflicts in Iran, Gaza and Lebanon, and his additional demands of Iran are likely to provoke anger in Tehran at the same time as Israel has rejected Trump’s terms for a 15-point roadmap to end the war in Gaza.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he was issuing the demand for war reparations in response to Iranian negotiators making similar claims for damages for the five-month war that has killed thousands and devastated Iran’s military and economy.

  • dan1101
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    17 hours ago

    They will probably chicken out too, but I’ll be impressed if they stick with it.

    • fizzle@quokk.au
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      16 hours ago

      Nah, I dont think so.

      They have been the calm, methodical, and rational party all the way along.

      I understand that they’re awful authoritarians guilty of human rights abuse, but the y do seem to mean what they say.

    • Jaysyn
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      14 hours ago

      Why would they? They hold the cards here.