US President Trump says Iran should pay for regional damage

Agustin Wazne FXStreet

United States (US) President Donald Trump used a post on his Truth Social platform to push back on Iran's demands for war reparations, arguing that Tehran, not Washington, should carry the bill for the damage and lives lost across the region.

Key takeaways

Trump said Iran should be "responsible for the damages and death" caused to the people of Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Gaza.

The remark is a direct answer to Iran's own call for compensation, with each side now demanding the other pay.

It comes with the Strait of Hormuz still shut and US-Iran talks effectively stalled, while Oman and Iran work on a power-sharing agreement for the Strait, leaving the US and Iranian positions further apart rather than closer.

US Dollar Price Today

The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Japanese Yen.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		0.13%	-0.11%	0.84%	0.03%	0.17%	0.22%	0.27%
EUR	-0.13%		-0.24%	0.72%	-0.10%	0.03%	0.08%	0.16%
GBP	0.11%	0.24%		0.97%	0.13%	0.30%	0.32%	0.39%
JPY	-0.84%	-0.72%	-0.97%		-0.84%	-0.70%	-0.68%	-0.58%
CAD	-0.03%	0.10%	-0.13%	0.84%		0.09%	0.22%	0.24%
AUD	-0.17%	-0.03%	-0.30%	0.70%	-0.09%		0.03%	0.11%
NZD	-0.22%	-0.08%	-0.32%	0.68%	-0.22%	-0.03%		0.07%
CHF	-0.27%	-0.16%	-0.39%	0.58%	-0.24%	-0.11%	-0.07%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).

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Agustin Wazne joined FXStreet as a Junior News Editor, focusing on Commodities and covering Majors.

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