President Donald Trump has demanded that Iran compensate Americans killed or seriously injured in attacks he blames on Tehran, alongside payments to the families of Iranian protesters killed by the regime. His remarks came in direct response to senior Iranian officials, who had reportedly demanded compensation from Washington as a condition for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global shipping route.

Trump said he had instructed his representatives to raise these compensation demands in any future negotiations with Iran, effectively turning Tehran's reparations request back on the regime. The intervention marks a hardening of Trump's rhetoric towards Iran, coming amid a wider signalled shift towards renewed economic pressure on the country following past accusations that Iranian-backed actors were responsible for American deaths and injuries.