{"id":5144,"date":"2026-08-11T19:18:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5144"},"modified":"2026-08-11T19:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:18:20","slug":"trump-demands-iran-pay-for-decades-of-u-s-deaths-in-rebuke-of-tehrans-request-for-reparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5144","title":{"rendered":"Trump demands Iran pay for decades of U.S. deaths in rebuke of Tehran\u2019s request for reparations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the latest developments in the\u00a0Iran war\u00a0and the wider Middle East. Full coverage can be found\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5142\">\u2018Hear it here first\u2019: Trump\u2019s media company doubles down on the president and Truth Social<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Trump demands Iran pay for decades of US military deaths<\/h4>\n<p>Trump\u2019s social media post Monday came after Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei stressed that Iran will not reopen the\u00a0Strait of Hormuz\u00a0until the U.S. meets its conditions.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tehran wants\u00a0the U.S. to end its blockade of Iranian ports, lift economic sanctions and release Iran\u2019s frozen assets. It also said the U.S. must pay compensation for war damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is up to the U.S. side to stop and make amends for its illegal and destructive actions,\u201d Baghaei said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump responded that he is now demanding \u201ccompensation from Iran, for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their roadside bombs and many conflicts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. government has blamed Iran-backed militants for the deaths and injuries of hundreds of Americans over several decades. They include a 1983 bombing that killed 241 U.S. military personnel at a Marine compound in Beirut and the deaths of at least 603 U.S. troops in Iraq between 2003 and 2011.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump said he also wants Tehran to compensate the families of Iranian protesters who were killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any, and all, future negotiations,\u201d Trump said in his post.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The closure of the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 through which roughly one-fifth of the world\u2019s traded oil supplies passed before the war \u2014 has kept energy prices as a major focus of U.S. politics ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Iran\u2019s supreme leader is said to want unity amid signs of division<\/h4>\n<p>Iran\u2019s president said the country\u2019s supreme leader is calling for \u201cunity and cohesion\u201d as the Islamic Republic faces economic hardships and sanctions stemming from its\u00a0war\u00a0with the United States.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Masoud Pezeshkian described a nearly seven-hour meeting with\u00a0Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei\u00a0in an interview with Iranian state television that aired amid apparent\u00a0tensions among the Islamic Republic\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Pezeshkian told the state-run IRIB that he and Khamenei discussed \u201cpeople\u2019s livelihoods, the state of the market, employment, people\u2019s housing,\u201d as well as \u201cproblems that are now being created as a result of the (U.S.) sanctions.\u201d He didn\u2019t say when or where they met.<\/p>\n<p>Most important, he said, was Khamenei\u2019s emphasis on unity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of the enemy\u2019s plans are aimed at creating division,\u201d Pezeshkian said. \u201cWhat we have to do is prevent divisions from emerging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5140\">EU study warns pesticide import curbs risk lifting food prices<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is only the second time the Iranian president has said he has met with the new supreme leader since Khamenei was appointed in March following a U.S.-Israeli strike that killed his father. Khamenei, believed to have been wounded in the same attack, has not appeared in public since then.<\/p>\n<h4>Iran names former Revolutionary Guard leader to top security post<\/h4>\n<p>Iran on Sunday appointed Mohsen Rezaei, a military adviser to its new supreme leader, to head its powerful Supreme National Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>Rezaei commanded Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard from 1981 to 1997, a period that includes Iran\u2019s 1980s war with Iraq. The 71-year-old hard-liner last week threatened American forces with \u201cserious risks and casualties\u201d if the U.S. did not lift its blockade of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n<p>Rezaei replaces Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who will become a political adviser to Khamenei.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Rezaei appears willing to negotiate with the U.S. to \u201csecure Iran\u2019s maximalist aims, including control of the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d he has also been \u201cunwilling to present any Iranian concessions,\u201d wrote the Institute for the Study of War, a U.S.-based think tank.<\/p>\n<h4>Israel declares closed military zone in Taybeh<\/h4>\n<p>Israel\u2019s military said Monday it had declared a\u00a0Christian-majority town\u00a0in the occupied West Bank a closed military zone to keep out Israeli settlers and other non-residents.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The new tactic is designed to keep Israelis out of Taybeh, which has been subject to arson, vandalism and settlers coming onto private and village property. The army said Palestinian residents and journalists would be allowed unless soldiers determine their presence poses a threat. The army said its troops would detain suspects and disperse gatherings to keep the peace.<\/p>\n<p>The designation comes after months of the army and police struggling to maintain order throughout the territory, where at least 87 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in 2026, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Yemen says the Houthi attack on a Red Sea town Sunday killed 7<\/h4>\n<p>Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed\u00a0Houthi rebels\u00a0attacked a Red Sea port town controlled by government forces on Sunday, killing seven and injuring 30 people. Yemen\u2019s Defense Ministry \u2014 which operates under its internationally recognized government \u2014 said four military personnel and three civilians were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Clashes continued Monday near the village of Taiz. The Houthi group said a 13-year-old child was killed by artillery shelling and another child was injured.<\/p>\n<p>The attack on Mokha is the latest in\u00a0one of the largest waves\u00a0of Houthi strikes on Yemeni military positions and areas held by the Saudi-backed government since a 2022 truce. It comes as threats to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have renewed focus on the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait at its southern tip.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5138\">Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California\u2019s proposed billionaire tax\u2014he could owe $13 billion if he loses<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s compensation demand follows Iran&#8217;s refusal to reopen Hormuz without sanctions relief, as Houthi attacks add to regional volatility<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donald-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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