President Donald Trump is demanding Iran stump up compensation over deaths caused by the regime. (AP PHOTO)President Donald Trump is demanding Iran stump up compensation over deaths caused by the regime. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAPUS President Donald Trump has demanded Iran pay compensation for the people he said it had killed in wars, attacks and protests, raising the rhetorical stakes with Tehran as hopes faded for an imminent deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. "Also, with respect to the Iran negotiations, Iran should be responsible for the damages and death caused to the people of Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Gaza!" The tit-for-tat US and Iranian calls for compensation were the latest jolt in a rhetorical rollercoaster that has regularly seen Trump threaten imminent attacks on Iran or hail breakthroughs in talks, only for neither to emerge.