Trump responds to Iran’s outlandish demands to reopen Strait of Hormuz with a new red line
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Add The New York Post on Google President Trump on Monday hit back on Iran’s outlandish demands to reopen the Strait of Hormuz with his own list of demands to serve as a new red line in negotiations.
After Tehran signaled that the strait won’t reopen until America pays the damages Iran incurred during the war , Trump signaled on Monday that he would take a page from the Islamic Republic with his own receipt.
President Donald Trump issued a new red line to Iran Monday amid fraught negotiations with the country. MATT KAMINSKY/EPA/Shutterstock “I see that Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran are asking for compensation for the damage done to them during the last five month Military Conflict (started because, THEY WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON), even though it was never mentioned in any of our negotiations or meetings!” he wrote on Truth Social.
“But it is an interesting idea because now 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 , for which they are famous, as led initially by General Soleimani, including the families of those killed on the USS Cole, and thousands of others killed in combat,” the president added.
Workers clean up wreckage around a damaged bridge following U.S. airstrikes on Friday, July 17, 2026, in the southern Hormozgan Province, Iran. The strikes targeted bridges linking Hormozgan province with neighboring cities, disrupting key transportation routes, according to Iranian authorities. (2026 Contributor) Getty Images “Additionally, compensation should be paid to the families of the hundreds of thousands of innocent protestors that Iran has killed over the last 50 years, not to mention the 52,000 that have been killed in the last five months.
“I have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any, and all, future negotiations,” Trump concluded.
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