WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Monday he would seek conflict compensation from Iran as part of any peace negotiations, citing attacks and atrocities stretching back decades allegedly backed or perpetrated by Tehran. Iran is “asking for compensation for the damage done to them during the last five month Military Conflict... 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,” Trump posted.

Trump said the US will seek compensation 'for all of the people that [Iran] have killed... in many conflicts'.

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US Iran war news: Donald Trump demanded compensation from Iran for conflict victims. Iranian representatives had initially sought damages for their own conflict losses. Trump…