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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Andrew Roth in Washington

Trump demands Iran pay compensation for decades of US soldier deaths

President Trump gestures with both hands while speaking, seated at his Oval Office desk
Donald Trump said he was issuing the demand for war reparations in response to Iranian negotiators making claims for the damages from the five-month war. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

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.

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